Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

Pay in Muskegon-Norton Shores against Michigan and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Muskegon-Norton Shores earns $37,600–$44,200. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $46,980, only 1.3 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 $6,600 wide, against $9,040 across Michigan and $12,010 nationally: employers in Muskegon-Norton Shores 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 $2,700 a year in pay and about $3,484 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $3,900 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls between the 25th percentile and the median. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Muskegon-Norton Shores

At the $41,500 median, a local hire costs about $53,548 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,048 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 Muskegon-Norton Shores

Of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($43,450) and customer support specialists ($40,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,360.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Muskegon-Norton Shores (-9.6%), between customer support specialists (-9.0%) and accountants (-9.8%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.7% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Muskegon-Norton Shores, 6.9% across Michigan and 6.1% 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 14 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than Muskegon-Norton Shores, 9 pay less, the largest of them Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI ($41,180), Flint, MI ($41,430) and the Mid Michigan nonmetro area ($39,520).

Muskegon-Norton Shores against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Muskegon-Norton Shores is #373 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Asheville and Springfield pay just above Muskegon-Norton Shores and Rocky Mount and Logan just below. All four are within $270 a year of the median in Muskegon-Norton Shores. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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