Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
Medical Secretaries
Medical Secretaries perform secretarial duties using specific knowledge of medical terminology and hospital, clinic, or laboratory procedures. Duties may include scheduling appointments, billing patients, and compiling and recording medical charts, reports, and correspondence.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Medical Secretaries with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $27,000 to $31,370 per year or $13 to $15 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Medical Secretaries to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $26 | $54,600 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $22 | $45,620 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $18 | $37,350 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $15 | $31,370 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $13 | $27,000 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
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DC | $23 | $47,110 |
CA | $22 | $46,140 |
WA | $22 | $45,990 |
MA | $22 | $44,900 |
RI | $21 | $43,740 |
HI | $21 | $43,620 |
NJ | $21 | $43,130 |
MN | $21 | $42,730 |
OR | $20 | $42,550 |
NY | $20 | $42,170 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Medical Secretary is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Medical Secretaries are in the states of DC, CA, WA, MA and RI.
Highest paying industries
Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
---|---|---|
Grantmaking and Giving Services | $49340 | $23.72 |
Computer Systems Design and Related Services | $46300 | $22.26 |
Religious Organizations | $46140 | $22.18 |
Legal Services | $45100 | $21.68 |
Outpatient Care Centers | $43920 | $21.11 |
Scientific Research and Development Services | $43220 | $20.78 |
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | $42330 | $20.35 |
Business Support Services | $42000 | $20.19 |
Offices of Dentists | $41990 | $20.19 |
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses | $41870 | $20.13 |
Specialty Hospitals | $41200 | $19.81 |
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services | $40740 | $19.59 |
Insurance Carriers | $40600 | $19.52 |
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities | $39930 | $19.20 |
Management of Companies and Enterprises | $39600 | $19.04 |
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals | $39370 | $18.93 |
Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing | $38840 | $18.67 |
Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals | $38640 | $18.58 |
Other Residential Care Facilities | $38530 | $18.53 |
Home Health Care Services | $38130 | $18.33 |
Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) | $38000 | $18.27 |
Personal Care Services | $37890 | $18.22 |
Offices of Physicians | $37790 | $18.17 |
Local Government | $37520 | $18.04 |
Office Administrative Services | $37510 | $18.03 |
Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories | $37470 | $18.01 |
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers | $37320 | $17.94 |
Other Ambulatory Health Care Services | $37140 | $17.86 |
Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities | $37120 | $17.85 |
Elementary and Secondary Schools | $37040 | $17.81 |