Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants pay in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn

$43,780avg. a year
$21.05 an hour · 11,620 employed

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area earn an average of $43,780 a year. That is about the same as the Michigan average of $43,260. The U.S. average is $46,800.

$42,320Median pay
$21.05Average hourly
+1%vs. Michigan average
11,620Jobs in this metro

Other Michigan metro areas

Average pay for medical secretaries and administrative assistants in other Michigan metro areas. Swipe to see all 15.

11,930 jobs
Ann Arbor, MI
$44,840
$21.56 an hour
21,140 jobs
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
$43,970
$21.14 an hour
3530 jobs
Traverse City, MI
$43,880
$21.10 an hour
43,640 jobs
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
$43,860
$21.09 an hour
5930 jobs
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
$43,440
$20.88 an hour
6870 jobs
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
$43,080
$20.71 an hour
7300 jobs
Jackson, MI
$42,860
$20.61 an hour
81,230 jobs
Flint, MI
$42,800
$20.58 an hour
9320 jobs
Niles, MI
$42,790
$20.57 an hour
10240 jobs
Bay City, MI
$42,620
$20.49 an hour
11420 jobs
Midland, MI
$41,880
$20.13 an hour
12350 jobs
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
$41,620
$20.01 an hour
13390 jobs
Battle Creek, MI
$41,260
$19.84 an hour
14160 jobs
Monroe, MI
$40,850
$19.64 an hour
15630 jobs
Saginaw, MI
$40,630
$19.54 an hour

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How Detroit-Warren-Dearborn compares

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Questions and answers

How much do medical secretaries and administrative assistants make in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn?

The average is $43,780 a year, and the median is $42,320. About 11,620 people work in this job in the metro area.

Is that more than the Michigan average?

That is about the same as the Michigan average of $43,260.

Is this job common in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn?

It makes up 6.1 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.99 times the national share.

Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 43-6013. Metro area: Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 19820). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.