Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the North Florida nonmetro area

Pay in the North Florida nonmetro area against Florida and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $52,270, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the North Florida nonmetro area earns $36,730–$45,800. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,070 wide, against $9,730 across Florida and $12,010 nationally: employers in the North Florida nonmetro area 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 $6,090 over the median, the 25th only $2,980 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,858 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 75th and 90th percentiles in the North Florida nonmetro area, and the Florida statewide median of $41,730 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the North Florida nonmetro area

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 $11,529 to the $39,710 median and brings it to $51,239 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 the North Florida nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between payroll specialists ($40,580) and customer support specialists ($38,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $86,170.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 15 roles we track in the North Florida nonmetro area (-13.5%), between office managers (-12.8%) and customer support specialists (-13.9%). The typical role here is at -13.5%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.3% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the North Florida nonmetro area, 8.3% across Florida and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Florida

Across the 24 areas of Florida with data for this job, the median runs from $36,790 in Homosassa Springs to $45,960 in Gainesville, a gap of $9,170 a year. Of the 17 areas in Florida with more medical administrative assistants than the North Florida nonmetro area, 8 pay less, the largest of them Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($39,520), Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL ($39,520) and Deltona-Daytona Beach, FL ($38,300).

the North Florida nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the North Florida nonmetro area is #229 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Florida, Toledo and Jackson pay just above the North Florida nonmetro area and Michigan City-La Porte and Little Rock-North Little Rock just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the North Florida nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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