Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Midland, MI

Pay in Midland against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Midland earns $38,540–$40,400. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $51,780, 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 $1,860 wide, against $9,040 across Michigan and $12,010 nationally: employers in Midland 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 $1,860 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Midland, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Midland

At the $40,400 median, a local hire costs about $52,129 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,729 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 Midland

Of the 13 roles we track in Midland, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between bookkeepers ($46,500) and virtual receptionists ($36,940). Project Coordinator is the highest at $100,190.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 13 roles we track in Midland (-12.0%), between marketing specialists (-9.2%) and office managers (-13.4%). The typical role here is at -2.8%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Midland than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 11.3% of the jobs in these 13 roles in Midland, 7.2% across Michigan and 6.3% 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 12 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than Midland, 4 pay less, the largest of them the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($39,520), the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area ($38,300) and the Northern Michigan nonmetro area ($39,080).

Midland against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Midland is #341 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Muncie and Casper pay just above Midland and Palm Bay-Melbourne and Pocatello just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in Midland. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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