Medical Administrative Assistant salary in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area

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

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area earns $43,340–$52,010. 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 $8,670 wide, against $11,190 across Minnesota and $12,010 nationally: employers in the Southwest 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 $5,520 over the median, the 25th only $3,150 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,123 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 25th percentile and the median in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, and the Minnesota statewide median of $50,030 falls between the median and the 75th percentile.

What a hire really costs in the Southwest Minnesota 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 $13,497 to the $46,490 median and brings it to $59,987 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 Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area

Of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area, this one ranks #13 by median pay, between administrative assistants ($48,090) and customer support specialists ($44,550). Project Coordinator is the highest at $80,840.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #2 of the 15 roles we track in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area (+1.2%), between HR assistants (+5.3%) and administrative assistants (+1.2%). The typical role here is at -0.9%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.8% of the jobs in these 15 roles in the Southwest 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. All 4 areas in Minnesota with more medical administrative assistants than the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area also pay more, among them Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ($51,870) and Duluth, MN-WI ($47,870).

the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area is #282 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Minnesota, Austin-Round Rock and Atlantic City-Hammonton pay just above the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area and Atlanta-Sandy Springs and Winston-Salem just below. All four are within $120 a year of the median in the Southwest Minnesota nonmetro area. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, none pays as much.

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