Medical Administrative Assistant salary in South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

Pay in South Bend-Mishawaka against Indiana and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in South Bend-Mishawaka earns $37,560–$46,570. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $52,270, only 1.5 times the bottom tenth, against 1.7 times across the US, so the going rate is easier to read. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is only $9,010 wide, against $9,150 across Indiana and $12,010 nationally: employers in South Bend-Mishawaka pay within a narrower band.

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

An offer at the 75th percentile instead of the median adds $3,990 a year in pay and about $5,148 in employer cost. Going down to the 25th percentile saves $5,020 in pay. 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 South Bend-Mishawaka, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,060 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in South Bend-Mishawaka

At the $42,580 median, a local hire costs about $54,942 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $12,362 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 South Bend-Mishawaka

Of the 17 roles we track in South Bend-Mishawaka, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($46,120) and e-commerce order specialists ($41,170). Project Coordinator is the highest at $84,820.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #6 of the 17 roles we track in South Bend-Mishawaka (-7.3%), between accountants (-6.9%) and HR assistants (-8.9%). The typical role here is at -9.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 7.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in South Bend-Mishawaka, 7.9% across Indiana and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

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 4 areas in Indiana with more medical administrative assistants than South Bend-Mishawaka, 2 pay less: the Southern Indiana nonmetro area ($38,930) and Evansville, IN ($38,220).

South Bend-Mishawaka against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, South Bend-Mishawaka is #196 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Winchester and Dayton-Kettering pay just above South Bend-Mishawaka and San Angelo and San Antonio-New Braunfels just below. All four are within $150 a year of the median in South Bend-Mishawaka. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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