Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Pay in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against Wisconsin and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area earns $43,540–$47,780. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $58,240, 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 $4,240 wide, against $5,410 across Wisconsin and $12,010 nationally: employers in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area 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 $1,530 over it, while the 25th sits $2,710 below. Moving an offer from the median to the 75th percentile costs about $1,974 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 the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, and the Wisconsin statewide median of $48,380 falls between the 75th and 90th percentiles.

What a hire really costs in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

At the $46,250 median, a local hire costs about $59,677 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,427 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 the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, this one ranks #12 by median pay, between HR assistants ($48,040) and administrative assistants ($45,760). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,460.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 17 roles we track in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area (+0.7%), between virtual receptionists (+2.3%) and customer support specialists (+0.1%). The typical role here is at -7.6%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 1.9% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area, 2.8% across Wisconsin and 6.1% nationally. The job is a smaller part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Wisconsin

Across the 17 areas of Wisconsin with data for this job, the median runs from $46,190 in Janesville-Beloit to $48,560 in Milwaukee-Waukesha, a gap of $2,370 a year. All 5 areas in Wisconsin with more medical administrative assistants than the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area also pay more, among them Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI ($48,560) and Madison, WI ($48,380).

the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area is #415 of 514 US areas for this job. The market is small, and its pay sits near the middle of the US range. Outside Wisconsin, Omaha and Winston-Salem pay just above the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area and Columbus and Allentown-Bethlehem just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the South Central Wisconsin nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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