Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Spartanburg, SC

Pay in Spartanburg against South Carolina and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Spartanburg earns $38,040–$47,020. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $50,350, 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 $8,980 wide, against $9,750 across South Carolina and $12,010 nationally: employers in Spartanburg 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 $6,970 over the median, the 25th only $2,010 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $8,994 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 Spartanburg, and the South Carolina statewide median of $40,170 falls there too.

What a hire really costs in Spartanburg

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 $11,627 to the $40,050 median and brings it to $51,677 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 Spartanburg

Of the 17 roles we track in Spartanburg, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($42,220) and data entry specialists ($38,370). Project Coordinator is the highest at $96,810.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #14 of the 17 roles we track in Spartanburg (-12.8%), between paralegals (-12.5%) and sales development representatives (-15.0%). The typical role here is at -8.0%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Spartanburg than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 5.9% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Spartanburg, 6.3% across South Carolina and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in South Carolina

Across the 11 areas of South Carolina with data for this job, the median runs from $37,030 in Florence to $44,640 in Charleston-North Charleston, a gap of $7,610 a year. Of the 5 areas in South Carolina with more medical administrative assistants than Spartanburg, 3 pay less: Greenville-Anderson, SC ($39,410), Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC ($38,950) and Florence, SC ($37,030).

Spartanburg against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Spartanburg is #212 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside South Carolina, Battle Creek and Sherman-Denison pay just above Spartanburg and Wilmington and Punta Gorda just below. All four are within $110 a year of the median in Spartanburg. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, one pays more.

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