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Medical Admin Assistants

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Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 408,000 jobs for people working as medical admin assistants. People pursuing jobs in this occupation should expect a low overall unemployment rate.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Government survey data shows that 19% of employees work fewer than 40 hours per week. Some 1% of medical admin assistants work primarily as a consultant.

Training and Education

Having moderate-term on-the-job training may make it easier to find a job. Employees with a bachelor's degree or higher are 18% of the total. About 49% of medical admin assistants have some college education, but do not have a degree. High school was all the education required by 33% of workers to get a job. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

Cities with few jobs per capita for employees are Lynchburg (Virginia), Blacksburg (Virginia), and Houma (Louisiana). The most jobs are found in Lewiston (Maine), Corvallis (Oregon), and Columbia (Missouri).

Within the US, the highest salaries for medical admin assistants are found in Burlington (Vermont), Fort Collins (Colorado), and Bridgeport (Connecticut), and the lowest are found in McAllen (Texas), Alexandria (Louisiana), and Wichita Falls (Texas).

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Medical Admin Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Medical Admin Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical Admin Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Medical Admin Assistants are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston90$25,0800.6
AlabamaAuburn50$23,7100.4
AlabamaBirmingham650$28,4500.4
AlabamaDecatur80$26,3700.5
AlabamaDothan110$26,4300.6
AlabamaFlorence190$24,7101.2
AlabamaGadsden90$25,9600.9
AlabamaHuntsville200$24,9200.3
AlabamaMobile220$24,9400.4
AlabamaMontgomery250$28,6000.4
AlabamaTuscaloosa200$24,2600.7
AlaskaAnchorage570$32,2501.1
ArizonaFlagstaff150$27,0800.9
ArizonaKingman260$28,2201.7
ArizonaPhoenix5,420$31,0100.8
ArizonaPrescott190$27,2901
ArizonaTucson1,420$28,8001.1
ArizonaYuma70$26,3600.4
ArkansasFayetteville350$24,4700.5
ArkansasFort Smith220$25,4800.6
ArkansasHot Springs210 1.9
ArkansasJonesboro180$24,5601.2
ArkansasLittle Rock940 0.8
ArkansasPine Bluff130$26,2001.3
CaliforniaBakersfield1,560$27,3201.7
CaliforniaChico770$26,540 3.5
CaliforniaEl Centro320$23,650 2.1
CaliforniaFresno1,910$29,3301.7
CaliforniaHanford260$27,460 3.1
CaliforniaMadera270$31,520 2.5
CaliforniaMerced330$25,4101.9
CaliforniaModesto1,250$27,000 2.3
CaliforniaNapa480$36,850 2.4
CaliforniaOakland5,740$36,4601.6
CaliforniaOxnard2,190$30,620 2.2
CaliforniaRedding480$27,350 2.3
CaliforniaRiverside6,470$29,7701.4
CaliforniaSacramento5,960$32,7101.9
CaliforniaSalinas1,030$34,380 2
CaliforniaSan Diego8,080$31,1101.7
CaliforniaSan Francisco5,160$37,7901.5
CaliforniaSan Jose4,740$35,6501.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo660$32,320 2.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana10,150$31,3401.9
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1,180$30,630 2.1
CaliforniaSanta Cruz620$32,570 2.2
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,550$36,940 2.5
CaliforniaStockton1,480$28,930 2.1
CaliforniaVallejo760$35,8501.9
CaliforniaVisalia960$25,660 2.2
CaliforniaYuba City310$28,230 2.7
ColoradoBoulder280$30,0000.5
ColoradoColorado Springs960$30,6001.1
ColoradoDenver2,830$34,0200.6
ColoradoFort Collins330$38,7000.8
ColoradoGrand Junction250$33,3201.4
ColoradoGreeley190$31,6000.8
ColoradoPueblo230$25,4601.4
ConnecticutBridgeport660$38,3500.4
ConnecticutDanbury200$33,2000.9
ConnecticutHartford1,430$35,7400.7
ConnecticutNew Haven740$35,0000.8
ConnecticutNorwich350$34,4700.9
ConnecticutWaterbury210$37,8801
DelawareDover450$26,540 2.7
DelawareWilmington1,830$33,7101.6
District of ColumbiaWashington4,040$35,8400.5
FloridaCape Coral680$29,6301
FloridaDeltona540$25,7501
FloridaFort Lauderdale2,910$28,6001.1
FloridaFort Walton Beach70$26,3300.3
FloridaGainesville300$25,1700.8
FloridaJacksonville1,080$28,8600.5
FloridaLakeland680$26,2901
FloridaMiami3,290$27,1201
FloridaNaples530$31,6101.3
FloridaOcala310$24,6901
FloridaOrlando1,990$27,1200.5
FloridaPalm Bay920$26,0201.4
FloridaPanama City160$27,2000.7
FloridaPensacola420$24,4300.8
FloridaPort St Lucie430$29,8201
FloridaSarasota820$29,4300.9
FloridaSebastian220$33,1501.5
FloridaTallahassee410$27,2100.8
FloridaTampa3,500$28,8100.8
FloridaWest Palm Beach1,610$29,8800.9
GeorgiaAlbany440$22,950 2.3
GeorgiaAthens390$29,0401.6
GeorgiaAtlanta5,560$31,1800.7
GeorgiaAugusta680$28,9301
GeorgiaBrunswick120$25,1000.9
GeorgiaColumbus290$27,6400.8
GeorgiaDalton120$27,7100.5
GeorgiaGainesville270$30,5101.2
GeorgiaMacon560$24,4801.7
GeorgiaRome180$28,3901.7
GeorgiaSavannah450$29,7800.9
GeorgiaValdosta230$29,1801.3
GeorgiaWarner Robins220$27,0301.5
HawaiiHonolulu960$32,7000.6
IdahoBoise630$30,9600.7
IdahoCoeur Dalene200$28,2701.2
IdahoIdaho Falls120$26,7600.8
IdahoLewiston210$28,230 3.3
IdahoPocatello40$23,7700.5
IllinoisBloomington190$31,2000.9
IllinoisChampaign280$26,4700.9
IllinoisChicago9,260$36,6000.7
IllinoisDanville90$25,6201.2
IllinoisDecatur110$32,3100.8
IllinoisKankakee80$30,2500.7
IllinoisPeoria590$28,6401
IllinoisRockford430$31,6700.9
IndianaAnderson140$28,3801.2
IndianaBloomington200$30,4100.9
IndianaColumbus120$28,6700.9
IndianaElkhart220$28,2400.5
IndianaEvansville540$27,0500.9
IndianaFort Wayne840$29,5301.2
IndianaGary810$29,1300.9
IndianaIndianapolis2,260$30,4500.7
IndianaKokomo120$29,5601.2
IndianaLafayette220$26,3600.9
IndianaMichigan City220$29,7101.7
IndianaMuncie200$27,6201.5
IndianaSouth Bend440$28,6101
IndianaTerre Haute390$28,4901.8
IowaAmes70$26,8600.6
IowaCedar Rapids280$27,0200.6
IowaDavenport550$29,1900.9
IowaDes Moines810$30,2800.7
IowaDubuque110$29,4500.7
IowaIowa City460$34,980 2
IowaSioux City240$29,0601.1
IowaWaterloo220$25,8200.8
KansasLawrence60$28,4600.4
KansasTopeka340$26,1700.9
KansasWichita600$26,2500.6
KentuckyBowling Green170$23,4301
KentuckyElizabethtown170$24,4901.3
KentuckyLexington860$28,0301
KentuckyLouisville1,660$28,6100.8
KentuckyOwensboro90$27,2400.6
LouisianaAlexandria320$21,2801.7
LouisianaBaton Rouge480$28,0200.4
LouisianaHouma30$21,1800.1
LouisianaLafayette150$24,1200.3
LouisianaLake Charles130$22,7600.5
LouisianaMonroe80$26,8600.3
LouisianaNew Orleans840$28,1300.5
LouisianaShreveport220$25,8800.4
MaineBangor410$29,030 2.1
MaineLewiston580$25,940 3.9
MainePortland1,290$31,9201.9
MarylandBaltimore5,270$33,5101.2
MarylandBethesda2,160$33,7901.1
MarylandCumberland150$28,2501.4
MarylandHagerstown440$27,6001.4
MarylandSalisbury280$28,1101.8
MassachusettsBarnstable Town770$38,020 2.4
MassachusettsBoston9,670$36,3501.6
MassachusettsBrockton730$36,140 2.6
MassachusettsFramingham850$33,3701.6
MassachusettsHaverhill500$33,040 2.1
MassachusettsLawrence570$33,660 3.2
MassachusettsLeominster390$33,650 2.6
MassachusettsLowell360$33,5400.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford380$30,8701.9
MassachusettsPittsfield220$30,510 2.3
MassachusettsSpringfield1,490$33,6201.5
MassachusettsTaunton160$35,5401.1
MassachusettsWorcester1,940$35,660 2.3
MichiganAnn Arbor390$32,7800.7
MichiganBattle Creek90$33,8100.6
MichiganBay City110$28,5001.1
MichiganDetroit1,540$30,1100.6
MichiganFlint590$30,7701.3
MichiganGrand Rapids830$31,6700.6
MichiganKalamazoo150$30,9800.3
MichiganLansing530$31,7800.8
MichiganMonroe40$28,3400.3
MichiganMuskegon130$26,1600.7
MichiganNiles130$34,5400.7
MichiganSaginaw460$30,5701.9
MichiganWarren2,330$32,0000.6
MinnesotaDuluth280$32,0300.7
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,210$34,8300.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud260$33,2800.8
MississippiGulfport190$25,3600.5
MississippiHattiesburg60$23,2400.3
MississippiJackson320$27,6500.4
MississippiPascagoula100$24,5600.7
MissouriColumbia950$28,010 3.7
MissouriJefferson City290$26,4601.4
MissouriJoplin480$24,2501.9
MissouriKansas City5,040$30,0301.4
MissouriSpringfield1,100$26,4101.7
MissouriSt Joseph360$25,210 2.4
MissouriSt Louis8,800$29,2701.9
MontanaBillings210$30,3100.8
MontanaGreat Falls160$27,4301.6
MontanaMissoula170$30,0901.1
NebraskaLincoln630$27,8301.2
NebraskaOmaha1,450$29,8000.9
NevadaLas Vegas1,170$34,0700.4
NevadaReno330$36,6400.5
New HampshireManchester360$33,3201.1
New HampshireNashua390$34,3900.9
New HampshirePortsmouth240$37,1101.4
New HampshireRochester200$32,8101.1
New JerseyAtlantic City570$33,2601.2
New JerseyCamden2,930$36,3201.6
New JerseyEdison5,270$35,2201.5
New JerseyNewark6,070$36,5201.7
New JerseyOcean City100$33,6900.8
New JerseyTrenton1,020$33,8301.4
New JerseyVineland320$32,6601.8
New MexicoAlbuquerque510$30,0300.4
New MexicoFarmington110$30,4400.7
New MexicoLas Cruces160$24,2300.8
New MexicoSanta Fe190$29,9601
New YorkAlbany570$28,8800.4
New YorkBinghamton160$24,1000.5
New YorkBuffalo810$29,7200.4
New YorkGlens Falls180$27,4901.1
New YorkIthaca40$24,6100.3
New YorkKingston110$28,3400.6
New YorkNassau2,140$36,6800.5
New YorkNew York8,590$37,3300.5
New YorkPoughkeepsie420$29,0800.5
New YorkRochester1,000$27,9600.6
New YorkSyracuse460$27,7700.4
New YorkUtica120$27,3900.3
North CarolinaAsheville450$27,6400.8
North CarolinaBurlington90$26,4200.5
North CarolinaCharlotte1,800$29,1900.6
North CarolinaDurham850$32,0900.9
North CarolinaFayetteville190$27,2000.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro140$28,8801.3
North CarolinaGreensboro620$26,8500.5
North CarolinaGreenville320$24,7001.4
North CarolinaHickory280$26,1300.5
North CarolinaJacksonville130$23,9801.1
North CarolinaRaleigh790$28,5500.4
North CarolinaRocky Mount150$24,4500.8
North CarolinaWilmington390$27,2700.8
North CarolinaWinston Salem880$28,4001.2
North DakotaBismarck180$25,7901
North DakotaFargo200$27,4600.5
North DakotaGrand Forks140$27,6101
OhioAkron2,030$28,6301.8
OhioCanton1,040$26,5901.8
OhioCincinnati4,780$29,9801.3
OhioCleveland6,740$29,7901.8
OhioColumbus4,880$29,4601.5
OhioDayton2,650$28,0602
OhioLima460$25,330 2.9
OhioMansfield380$26,300 2.4
OhioSandusky240$25,900 2.3
OhioSpringfield350$25,960 2.5
OhioToledo2,030$29,3601.9
OhioYoungstown2,050$24,320 2.6
OklahomaLawton110$21,6901
OklahomaOklahoma City1,670$25,8700.9
OklahomaTulsa1,010$26,5500.7
OregonBend510$31,520 2.4
OregonCorvallis330$32,230 3.7
OregonEugene850$33,8201.7
OregonMedford660$28,970 2.5
OregonPortland5,000$34,8201.4
OregonSalem770$30,0301.5
PennsylvaniaAllentown1,600$29,1501.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona310$26,7701.7
PennsylvaniaErie500$26,9001.2
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,370$27,6101.3
PennsylvaniaJohnstown200$24,5501.2
PennsylvaniaLancaster900$28,2201.1
PennsylvaniaLebanon120$25,1000.9
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia5,800$33,0300.9
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh4,550$26,4701.1
PennsylvaniaReading430$27,7800.8
PennsylvaniaScranton790$26,8400.9
PennsylvaniaState College90$27,4000.5
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport160$23,8401
PennsylvaniaYork680$28,8801.1
Rhode IslandProvidence3,430$32,8101.7
South CarolinaAnderson100$26,6100.5
South CarolinaCharleston990$31,9901
South CarolinaColumbia570$27,2900.5
South CarolinaFlorence600$24,850 2.3
South CarolinaGreenville870$27,6700.8
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach280$27,0400.7
South CarolinaSpartanburg410$25,9401
South CarolinaSumter70$23,8700.7
South DakotaRapid City60$27,3700.3
South DakotaSioux Falls90$30,9300.2
TennesseeChattanooga620$30,7500.8
TennesseeClarksville180$24,1000.8
TennesseeCleveland80$27,3900.8
TennesseeJackson270$24,3901.5
TennesseeJohnson City270$23,1701.2
TennesseeKingsport250$21,9300.7
TennesseeKnoxville750$28,0700.7
TennesseeMemphis1,410$28,0700.7
TennesseeMorristown130$23,2000.9
TennesseeNashville1,140$30,4000.4
TexasAbilene140$24,0000.7
TexasAmarillo220$27,4100.7
TexasAustin1,500$30,4200.6
TexasBeaumont590$27,3301.1
TexasBrownsville330$24,5600.8
TexasCollege Station220$27,8900.9
TexasCorpus Christi610$24,5701
TexasDallas5,010$30,6400.7
TexasEl Paso560$23,8200.6
TexasFort Worth2,170$25,4800.7
TexasHouston6,940$30,5500.8
TexasKilleen270$26,5500.7
TexasLongview180$25,0300.6
TexasLubbock340$24,3900.9
TexasMcallen870$22,8901.2
TexasMidland140$25,6700.7
TexasOdessa90$27,6000.5
TexasSan Angelo70$23,6900.6
TexasSan Antonio2,630$25,4100.9
TexasSherman150$23,9201.3
TexasTexarkana200$22,9101.2
TexasTyler460$27,4501.6
TexasVictoria240$30,0301.7
TexasWaco140$26,4800.5
TexasWichita Falls110$21,8400.6
UtahLogan270$23,4002
UtahOgden1,010$25,4701.5
UtahProvo870$26,6501.6
UtahSalt Lake City3,100$26,5101.4
UtahSt George400$27,270 2.7
VermontBurlington360$40,0401
VirginiaBlacksburg30$28,3300.2
VirginiaCharlottesville120$29,0700.4
VirginiaDanville90$30,1700.9
VirginiaHarrisonburg90$26,1900.5
VirginiaLynchburg60$31,8400.2
VirginiaRichmond1,130$30,3200.5
VirginiaRoanoke580$27,6101.1
VirginiaVirginia Beach980$30,1600.4
VirginiaWinchester60$30,5100.4
WashingtonBellingham450$35,1401.8
WashingtonBremerton640$34,340 2.4
WashingtonKennewick580$31,740 2
WashingtonLongview260$32,240 2.7
WashingtonMount Vernon380$37,250 2.8
WashingtonOlympia600$35,820 2
WashingtonSeattle7,560$37,5401.5
WashingtonSpokane1,680$32,210 2.4
WashingtonTacoma1,870$34,490 2
WashingtonWenatchee270$30,970 2.3
WashingtonYakima470$30,6601.9
West VirginiaHuntington490$24,3201.3
West VirginiaParkersburg210$24,3701
West VirginiaWeirton250$28,770 2
West VirginiaWheeling190$24,2301
WisconsinAppleton410$28,3001.1
WisconsinEau Claire280$31,0701.2
WisconsinGreen Bay430$31,3800.8
WisconsinJanesville100$29,5800.5
WisconsinLa Crosse130$32,1000.6
WisconsinMadison580$31,2300.5
WisconsinMilwaukee2,300$31,5100.8
WisconsinOshkosh400$31,0001.5
WisconsinRacine210$31,0000.9
WisconsinSheboygan140$27,8600.8
WisconsinWausau100$31,4500.5
WyomingCasper150$28,7701.3
WyomingCheyenne260$27,310 2
 

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