Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Pay in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against Michigan and the US

Medical administrative assistants at the 90th percentile earn $50,520, 1.5 times the 10th percentile; the US ratio is 1.7. The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area earns $36,960–$46,210. From the 25th to the 75th percentile, the local range is $9,250 wide, between the figure for Michigan ($9,040) 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 $7,040 over the median, the 25th only $2,210 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,084 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area, and the Michigan statewide median of $41,100 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area

At the $39,170 median, a local hire costs about $50,542 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,372 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 Southern Michigan nonmetro area

Of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($43,130) and data entry specialists ($39,100). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,590.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area (-14.7%), between payroll specialists (-14.6%) and paralegals (-20.1%). The typical role here is at -9.3%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.4% of the jobs in the 16 of these roles with a job count in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 7.0% across Michigan and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Michigan

Across the 19 areas of Michigan with data for this job, the median runs from $37,060 in Monroe to $46,740 in Ann Arbor, a gap of $9,680 a year. Of the 11 areas in Michigan with more medical administrative assistants than the Southern Michigan nonmetro area, 2 pay less: the Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetro area ($38,300) and the Northern Michigan nonmetro area ($39,080).

the Southern Michigan nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southern Michigan nonmetro area is #319 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Michigan, Wheeling and Davenport-Moline pay just above the Southern Michigan nonmetro area and Birmingham and Farmington just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in the Southern Michigan nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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