Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Mankato, MN

Pay in Mankato against Minnesota and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Mankato earns $44,420–$49,160. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,770, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($48,840) 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 only $4,740 wide, against $11,190 across Minnesota and $12,010 nationally: employers in Mankato pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $0 a year in pay and about $0 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $4,740 in pay. 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 25th percentile and the median in Mankato, and the Minnesota statewide median of $50,030 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in Mankato

At the $49,160 median, a local hire costs about $63,432 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $14,272 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 Mankato

Of the 15 roles we track in Mankato, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($50,750) and customer support specialists ($47,320). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,970.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in Mankato (+7.0%), between administrative assistants (+8.1%) and HR assistants (+6.5%). The typical role here is at -0.2%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Mankato than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.4% of the jobs in these 15 roles in Mankato, 5.8% across Minnesota and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 8 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $46,490 in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $51,870 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $5,380 a year. Of the 6 areas in Minnesota with more medical administrative assistants than Mankato, 5 pay less, the largest of them Duluth, MN-WI ($47,870), the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($46,590) and the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area ($48,080).

Mankato against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Mankato is #371 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Trenton-Princeton and Spokane-Spokane Valley pay just above Mankato and Pittsfield and Salem just below. All four are within $240 a year of the median in Mankato. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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