Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Peoria, IL

Pay in Peoria against Illinois and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Peoria earns $38,200–$45,240. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $56,020, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. The mean ($44,160) is no higher than the median, so few high earners skew the figures here. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $7,040 wide, against $9,850 across Illinois and $12,010 nationally: employers in Peoria pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Local pay is bunched just above the median: the 75th percentile is only $710 over it, while the 25th sits $6,330 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $916 more a year with benefits. 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 Peoria, and the Illinois statewide median of $46,670 falls there too. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Peoria

At the $44,530 median, a local hire costs about $57,458 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,928 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 Peoria

Of the 17 roles we track in Peoria, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,550) and e-commerce order specialists ($44,330). Project Coordinator is the highest at $123,730.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #7 of the 17 roles we track in Peoria (-3.0%), between paralegals (-2.7%) and office managers (-4.0%). The typical role here is at -4.0%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.1% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Peoria, 4.5% across Illinois and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Illinois

Across the 12 areas of Illinois with data for this job, the median runs from $37,660 in Kankakee to $47,680 in Chicago-Naperville, a gap of $10,020 a year. Of the 2 areas in Illinois with more medical administrative assistants than Peoria, 1 pays less: Springfield, IL ($43,350).

Peoria against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Peoria is #159 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Grand Island and Charleston-North Charleston pay just above Peoria and Greensboro-High Point and Lexington-Fayette just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Peoria. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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