Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Palm Bay-Melbourne, FL

Pay in Palm Bay-Melbourne against Florida and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $54,080, 1.7 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Palm Bay-Melbourne earns $36,980–$47,150. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $10,170 wide, between the figure for Florida ($9,730) 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 $6,760 over the median, the 25th only $3,410 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,723 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne, and the Florida statewide median of $41,730 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Palm Bay-Melbourne

At the $40,390 median, a local hire costs about $52,116 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,726 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 Palm Bay-Melbourne

Of the 17 roles we track in Palm Bay-Melbourne, this one ranks #14 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($45,900) and data entry specialists ($39,080). Project Coordinator is the highest at $103,870.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Palm Bay-Melbourne (-12.1%), between payroll specialists (-9.7%) and sales development representatives (-13.9%). The typical role here is at -7.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Palm Bay-Melbourne than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 9.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Palm Bay-Melbourne, 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 6 areas in Florida with more medical administrative assistants than Palm Bay-Melbourne, 1 pays less: Orlando-Kissimmee, FL ($39,520).

Palm Bay-Melbourne against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Palm Bay-Melbourne is #66 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Florida, Midland and Muncie pay just above Palm Bay-Melbourne and Pocatello and Johnstown just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in Palm Bay-Melbourne. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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