Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Macon-Bibb County, GA

Pay in Macon-Bibb County against Georgia and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Macon-Bibb County earns $36,180–$46,050. The top tenth earns $49,330 or more, 1.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,870 wide, against $10,870 across Georgia and $12,010 nationally: employers in Macon-Bibb County 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 $7,490 over the median, the 25th only $2,380 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,665 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 median and the 75th percentile in Macon-Bibb County, and the Georgia statewide median of $43,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Macon-Bibb County

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 $11,195 to the $38,560 median and brings it to $49,755 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 Macon-Bibb County

Of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($41,660) and administrative assistants ($38,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,420.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Macon-Bibb County (-16.0%), between customer support specialists (-14.4%) and HR assistants (-17.7%). The typical role here is at -16.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 13.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Macon-Bibb County, 7.7% across Georgia and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,980 in Valdosta to $46,370 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $11,390 a year. Of the 5 areas in Georgia with more medical administrative assistants than Macon-Bibb County, 3 pay less: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($38,070), the South Georgia nonmetro area ($36,080) and the Middle Georgia nonmetro area ($36,680).

Macon-Bibb County against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Macon-Bibb County is #148 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Georgia, Jacksonville and Cleveland pay just above Macon-Bibb County and Charleston and Youngstown-Warren just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in Macon-Bibb County. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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