Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Savannah, GA

Pay in Savannah against Georgia and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $55,840, 1.6 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Savannah earns $36,430–$46,700. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $10,270 wide, against $10,870 across Georgia and $12,010 nationally: employers in Savannah 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 $7,270 over the median, the 25th only $3,000 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,381 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 Savannah, and the Georgia statewide median of $43,160 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Savannah

At the $39,430 median, a local hire costs about $50,877 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,447 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 Savannah

Of the 17 roles we track in Savannah, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between e-commerce order specialists ($42,750) and customer support specialists ($36,830). Project Coordinator is the highest at $98,930.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Savannah (-14.2%), between HR assistants (-13.5%) and executive assistants (-16.7%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Savannah than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 8.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Savannah, 7.7% across Georgia and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Georgia

Across the 18 areas of Georgia with data for this job, the median runs from $34,980 in Valdosta to $46,370 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs, a gap of $11,390 a year. Of the 2 areas in Georgia with more medical administrative assistants than Savannah, 1 pays less: Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC ($38,070).

Savannah against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Savannah is #116 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 Georgia, Orlando-Kissimmee and Lakeland-Winter Haven pay just above Savannah and Greenville-Anderson and Sumter just below. All four are within $90 a year of the median in Savannah. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, two pay more.

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