Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Pay in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against Indiana and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $55,470, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area earns $36,560–$46,160. The mean ($42,390) is 9% over the median, so a group of high earners pulls the average up; price a typical hire from the median. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $9,600 wide, between the figure for Indiana ($9,150) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $7,440 over the median, the 25th only $2,160 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,600 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 median and the 75th percentile in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Northern Indiana 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 $11,241 to the $38,720 median and brings it to $49,961 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 Northern Indiana nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, this one ranks #16 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($39,280) and virtual receptionists ($35,000). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,740.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #11 of the 17 roles we track in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area (-15.7%), between sales development representatives (-15.1%) and payroll specialists (-16.4%). The typical role here is at -12.1%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 7.9% across Indiana and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,220 in Evansville to $46,030 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $7,810 a year. Of the 5 areas in Indiana with more medical administrative assistants than the Northern Indiana nonmetro area, 1 pays less: Evansville, IN ($38,220).

the Northern Indiana nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Northern Indiana nonmetro area is #217 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Pensacola-Ferry Pass and Hot Springs pay just above the Northern Indiana nonmetro area and Goldsboro and Las Cruces just below. All four are within $80 a year of the median in the Northern Indiana nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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