Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI

Pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul against Minnesota and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Minneapolis-St. Paul earns $48,520–$59,470. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $64,110, 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 $10,950 wide, against $11,190 across Minnesota and $12,010 nationally: employers in Minneapolis-St. Paul 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 $7,600 over the median, the 25th only $3,350 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,806 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 10th and 25th percentiles in Minneapolis-St. Paul, and the Minnesota statewide median of $50,030 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Minneapolis-St. Paul

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 $15,059 to the $51,870 median and brings it to $66,929 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul

Of the 17 roles we track in Minneapolis-St. Paul, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($54,080) and e-commerce order specialists ($49,530). Marketing Specialist is the highest at $97,910.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #5 of the 17 roles we track in Minneapolis-St. Paul (+12.9%), between administrative assistants (+13.8%) and office managers (+12.8%). The typical role here is at +10.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 4.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul, 5.8% across Minnesota and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller 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. No other area in Minnesota has as many medical administrative assistants, and all 7 others pay less.

Minneapolis-St. Paul against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Minneapolis-St. Paul is #20 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job and one of the better-paying ones. Outside Minnesota, Barnstable Town and Kahului-Wailuku pay just above Minneapolis-St. Paul and Albany and San Diego-Chula Vista just below. All four are within $700 a year of the median in Minneapolis-St. Paul. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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