Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

Pay in Kalamazoo-Portage against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Kalamazoo-Portage earns $36,830–$46,450. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $52,280, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($43,440) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $9,620 wide, between the figure for Michigan ($9,040) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $1,590 over it, while the 25th sits $8,030 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $2,052 more a year with benefits. These percentiles describe what people in the job earn locally, not experience levels, so place your offer by the tasks and seniority you need.

For scale, the US median of $45,930 falls between the median and the 75th percentile in Kalamazoo-Portage, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls between the 25th percentile and the median.

What a hire really costs in Kalamazoo-Portage

Pay is only part of it. Benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², which adds about $13,024 to the $44,860 median and brings it to $57,884 a year. Recruiting, equipment and office space come on top. Benefit levels vary by employer, so treat this as an estimate.

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Other roles in Kalamazoo-Portage

Of the 17 roles we track in Kalamazoo-Portage, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($46,860) and administrative assistants ($44,200). Project Coordinator is the highest at $97,590.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #4 of the 17 roles we track in Kalamazoo-Portage (-2.3%), between customer support specialists (-1.4%) and virtual receptionists (-3.2%). The typical role here is at -7.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Kalamazoo-Portage than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Kalamazoo-Portage, 6.9% across Michigan and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $37,060 in Monroe to $46,740 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $9,680 a year. Of the 6 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than Kalamazoo-Portage, 5 pay less, the largest of them Detroit-Warren, MI ($42,320), Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($41,180) and Flint, MI ($41,430).

Kalamazoo-Portage against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Kalamazoo-Portage is #182 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Syracuse and Great Falls pay just above Kalamazoo-Portage and Topeka and Colorado Springs just below. All four are within $180 a year of the median in Kalamazoo-Portage. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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