Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Terre Haute, IN

Pay in Terre Haute against Indiana and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Terre Haute earns $36,580–$45,300. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,500, 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 $8,720 wide, against $9,150 across Indiana and $12,010 nationally: employers in Terre Haute 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 $6,990 over the median, the 25th only $1,730 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $9,019 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 75th and 90th percentiles in Terre Haute, and the Indiana statewide median of $44,060 falls between the median and the 75th percentile. An offer at the national rate would beat what three quarters of local medical administrative assistants earn.

What a hire really costs in Terre Haute

At the $38,310 median, a local hire costs about $49,432 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,122 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 Terre Haute

Of the 16 roles we track in Terre Haute, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($38,600) and virtual receptionists ($34,130). Project Coordinator is the highest at $83,970.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #8 of the 16 roles we track in Terre Haute (-16.6%), between administrative assistants (-16.1%) and payroll specialists (-16.7%). The typical role here is at -16.7%, so this job follows the area's general pay level. Medical administrative assistants hold 10.2% of the jobs in these 16 roles in Terre Haute, 8.0% across Indiana and 6.1% nationally. The job is a bigger part of the local workforce in these roles than it is nationally.

Other areas in Indiana

Across the 15 areas of Indiana with data for this job, the median runs from $38,220 in Evansville to $46,030 in Indianapolis-Carmel, a gap of $7,810 a year. Of the 9 areas in Indiana with more medical administrative assistants than Terre Haute, 1 pays less: Evansville, IN ($38,220).

Terre Haute against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Terre Haute is #323 of 514 US areas for this job. Both its size and its pay sit in the middle half of US areas. Outside Indiana, Sebastian-Vero Beach and Hammond pay just above Terre Haute and Deltona-Daytona Beach and Baton Rouge just below. All four are within $30 a year of the median in Terre Haute. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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