Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

Pay in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against Minnesota and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area earns $47,240–$53,220. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $59,820, only 1.4 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 $5,980 wide, against $11,190 across Minnesota and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area 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 $5,140 over the median, the 25th only $840 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $6,632 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 10th and 25th percentiles in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $50,030 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would be lower than what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

At the $48,080 median, a local hire costs about $62,039 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $13,959 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 Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between HR assistants ($48,810) and data entry specialists ($46,400). Project Coordinator is the highest at $92,570.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #3 of the 17 roles we track in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area (+4.7%), between office managers (+5.7%) and administrative assistants (+4.4%). The typical role here is at -1.4%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost more in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.7% of the jobs in these 17 roles in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 5.8% across Minnesota and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Minnesota

Across the 8 areas of Minnesota with data for this job, the median runs from $46,490 in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area to $51,870 in Minneapolis-St. Paul, a gap of $5,380 a year. Of the 3 areas in Minnesota with more medical administrative assistants than the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area, 2 pay less: Duluth, MN-WI ($47,870) and the Northwest Minnesota nonmetro area ($46,590).

the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area is #250 of 514 US areas for this job. It is a mid-sized market, and its pay is in the top quarter of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Bremerton-Silverdale and Fresno pay just above the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area and Eau Claire and Stockton-Lodi just below. All four are within $130 a year of the median in the Southeast Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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