Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Rockford, IL

Pay in Rockford against Illinois and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Rockford earns $38,840–$47,470. The top tenth earns $57,800 or more, 1.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. The mean ($44,890) 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 $8,630 wide, against $9,850 across Illinois and $12,010 nationally: employers in Rockford 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 $1,460 over it, while the 25th sits $7,170 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $1,884 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 25th percentile and the median in Rockford, and the Illinois statewide median of $46,670 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in Rockford

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 $13,358 to the $46,010 median and brings it to $59,368 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 Rockford

Of the 17 roles we track in Rockford, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($46,130) and HR assistants ($45,060). Project Coordinator is the highest at $94,690.

Measured against the US median, this job is the best paid of the 17 roles we track in Rockford (+0.2%); marketing specialists come last (-21.5%). The typical role here is at -5.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in Rockford than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.3% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Rockford, 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 4 areas in Illinois with more medical administrative assistants than Rockford, 3 pay less: Springfield, IL ($43,350), Peoria, IL ($44,530) and the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($38,590).

Rockford against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Rockford is #184 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Indianapolis-Carmel and Cincinnati pay just above Rockford and Buffalo-Cheektowaga and Gainesville just below. All four are within $170 a year of the median in Rockford. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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