Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

Pay in Lakeland-Winter Haven against Florida and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Lakeland-Winter Haven earns $36,950–$45,020. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,200, only 1.4 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $8,070 wide, against $9,730 across Florida and $12,010 nationally: employers in Lakeland-Winter Haven pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $5,500 over the median, the 25th only $2,570 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,097 a year in employer cost. 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Lakeland-Winter Haven, and the Florida statewide median of $41,730 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Lakeland-Winter Haven

At the $39,520 median, a local hire costs about $50,994 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,474 here. 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 Lakeland-Winter Haven

Of the 17 roles we track in Lakeland-Winter Haven, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($39,520) and customer support specialists ($38,750). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,720.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Lakeland-Winter Haven (-14.0%), between customer support specialists (-13.4%) and recruiters (-17.1%). The typical role here is at -9.5%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Lakeland-Winter Haven than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.5% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Lakeland-Winter Haven, 8.3% across Florida and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in Homosassa Springs to $45,960 in Gainesville, a gap of $9,170 a year. All 7 areas in Florida with more medical administrative assistants than Lakeland-Winter Haven also pay more, among them Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL ($45,060) and Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL ($43,770).

Lakeland-Winter Haven against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Lakeland-Winter Haven is #68 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Wichita and Lubbock pay just above Lakeland-Winter Haven and Savannah and Greenville-Anderson just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Lakeland-Winter Haven. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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