Medical Administrative Assistant salary in Toledo, OH

Pay in Toledo against Ohio and the US

The middle half of medical administrative assistants in Toledo earns $37,950–$45,850. Pay is tightly grouped: the top tenth starts at $48,150, only 1.3 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 $7,900 wide, against $9,280 across Ohio and $12,010 nationally: employers in Toledo 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 $6,120 over the median, the 25th only $1,780 under it. An offer at the 75th percentile adds about $7,897 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 Toledo, and the Ohio statewide median of $44,280 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 Toledo

At the $39,730 median, a local hire costs about $51,265 a year: benefits and payroll taxes other than paid leave are 22.5% of total compensation in US private industry², about $11,535 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 Toledo

Of the 17 roles we track in Toledo, this one ranks #15 by median pay, between customer support specialists ($42,970) and data entry specialists ($39,460). Project Coordinator is the highest at $81,940.

Measured against the US median, medical administrative assistants rank #13 of the 17 roles we track in Toledo (-13.5%), between recruiters (-11.5%) and executive assistants (-14.0%). The typical role here is at -6.9%, so, measured against the US, medical administrative assistants cost less in Toledo than the area's general pay level would suggest. Medical administrative assistants hold 6.6% of the jobs in these 17 roles in Toledo, 5.7% across Ohio and 6.1% nationally. That is close to the national mix.

Other areas in Ohio

Across the 16 areas of Ohio with data for this job, the median runs from $37,650 in Mansfield to $46,220 in Columbus, a gap of $8,570 a year. All 5 areas in Ohio with more medical administrative assistants than Toledo also pay more, among them Cincinnati, OH-KY ($46,180) and Cleveland, OH ($45,920).

Toledo against other US metro areas

By number of jobs, Toledo is #115 of 514 US areas for this job. It is one of the larger markets for this job, with pay near the middle of the US range. Outside Ohio, Jackson and Blacksburg-Christiansburg pay just above Toledo and Michigan City-La Porte and Little Rock-North Little Rock just below. All four are within $100 a year of the median in Toledo. Of the three markets with about as many medical administrative assistants, all three pay more.

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