Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the South Illinois nonmetro area

Pay in the South Illinois nonmetro area against Illinois and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the South Illinois nonmetro area earns $36,710–$47,080. The top tenth earns $51,980 or more, 1.5 times the bottom tenth, close to the US pattern of 1.7 times. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $10,370 wide, between the figure for Illinois ($9,850) and the US figure ($12,010).

What to budget for a medical administrative assistant here

Pay climbs faster above the median than below it here: the 75th percentile is $6,540 over the median, the 25th only $3,830 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,439 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 the South Illinois nonmetro area, and the Illinois statewide median of $46,670 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the South Illinois nonmetro area

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 $11,770 to the $40,540 median and brings it to $52,310 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 the South Illinois nonmetro area

Of the 16 roles we track in the South Illinois nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between data entry specialists ($41,400) and customer support specialists ($39,260). Project Coordinator is the highest at $91,680.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #6 of the 16 roles we track in the South Illinois nonmetro area (-11.7%), between project coordinators (-10.4%) and customer support specialists (-12.3%). The typical role here is at -16.6%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the South Illinois nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.8% of the jobs in the 15 of these roles with a job count in the South Illinois nonmetro area, 4.6% across Illinois and 6.2% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

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 6 areas in Illinois with more medical administrative assistants than the South Illinois nonmetro area, 1 pays less: the West Central Illinois nonmetro area ($38,590).

the South Illinois nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the South Illinois nonmetro area is #226 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Illinois, Casper and Saginaw pay just above the South Illinois nonmetro area and Muncie and Midland just below. All four are within $140 a year of the median in the South Illinois nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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