Highest Paying Cities for Medical Assistants in IN

Source: BLS (as of March 31, 2020)

With medical assistant jobs in Indiana increasing at a rate of 2,180 jobs a year, the number of employed professionals remained highest in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin (IL-IN-WI) metropolitan area with 17,500 employed. Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson stood at second with 5,480 employed.

Benefits for Indiana Medical Assistants other than Salaries

There are many benefits and perks, apart from the salary, to working as a medical assistant in Indiana. These benefits constitute 32.9% of the total compensation, which is $52,789 a year for medical assistants in Indiana. The monetary value of these benefits comes to about $17,366 a year, and salary+bonus is $35,423 annually.

• Healthcare

  There are many advantages of working in healthcare, but this is the biggest of them all. 12.1% of your total remuneration will be your employer’s contribution to your healthcare plan, which is about $6,371 a year.

• Time Off

  The number of days you don’t work is also a benefit that has some monetary value. In the case of medical assistants in Indiana, that value is $4,496/year, or 8.5% of the entire compensation.

• Social Security

  Employers of medical assistants in Indiana pay for the social security contributions of their employees with about $2,710 a year, making up about 5.1% of their total remuneration.

• 401K/403B

  It is one of the retirement plans exclusive to the USA, and employers of Indiana’s medical assistants pay towards this fund with $1,736 a year. This amount is about 3.3% of the entire remuneration received.

• Pension

  The pension fund of medical assistants in Indiana will be taken care of by their employees with a contribution of about $1,488 a year, which is about 2.8% of their total compensation.

• Disability

  In the unfortunate incident in which a professional is disabled, this fund partially replaces their income. It is contributed by the employers for $567 yearly, making up 1.1% of their entire remuneration.

  (Source: salary.com as of October 28, 2020)

Projected Employment and Hiring Trends for IN Medical Assistants (2018-2028)

Source: U.S. Department of Labor-Sponsored resource, Projections Central (2018-2028 report)

Hiring Trends

• Medical assistance stood at 39th spot in the list of fastest-growing professions in Indiana, according to Zippia, as of May 17, 2019. It was projected to grow at a rate of 120.6%, with an average income of $30,740 a year with 16,440 jobs in 2024.
• According to careeronestop.com’s 2016-2026 report, medical assistance was the 14th fastest-growing profession in Indiana, with a projected growth of 28% until 2026. It was also featured in the same report at 47th rank in the list of jobs with most openings, projected to be 16,240 in 2026 from 12,650 in 2016.
• Medical assistants are in very high demand in Indiana, with 5 stars that are given to only 30 profiles in the state, according to Indianacareerready.com. The site also reported that candidates with specific skills are more in demand by employers than others. Basic Cardiac Life Support Certification, electronic medical records, blood pressure checking, administrative functions, x-rays, patient/family education and instruction, and front office are some of the booster skills sought by most employers in Indiana. MA job seekers possessing BLS certification have high chances of earning more money.
• Hoosier Data’s report had medical and social assistance as the industry with most job ads posted, which means that this industry’s jobs are very high in demand in Indiana. It had a total of 4,017 job ads posted in the third quarter of 2020, which was more than any other industry.