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Medical Secretaries

Medical Secretaries - Wages & Trends

Wages vary widely depending on the medical secretary's skill, experience, and level of education. Wages also vary by area of the country. Wages also vary by employer.

Benefits also vary. Most full-time medical secretaries receive typical benefits. These include paid vacation, sick leave, and health insurance. Many part-time medical secretaries do not receive benefits.

Medical secretaries and administrative assistants (SOC 43-6013)
Location
Pay Period
25%
Median
75%
Illinois Hourly $19.33 $22.20 $23.68
Yearly $40,208 $46,173 $49,238
    Champaign Area Hourly $18.35 $21.30 $21.62
Yearly $38,160 $44,304 $44,969
    Charleston-Effingham-Centralia Area Hourly $18.72 $19.73 $23.12
Yearly $38,942 $41,040 $48,084
    Cook County Hourly $20.58 $22.92 $24.19
Yearly $42,805 $47,686 $50,312
    Decatur Area Hourly $19.26 $19.96 $22.07
Yearly $40,054 $41,513 $45,896
    Dekalb-Elgin-Aurora Area Hourly $19.94 $23.07 $24.31
Yearly $41,475 $47,988 $50,570
    Du Page County Hourly $19.82 $22.93 $23.88
Yearly $41,231 $47,702 $49,672
    Edwardsville Area Hourly $18.56 $21.46 $22.67
Yearly $38,617 $44,652 $47,149
    Jacksonville-Carlinville-Litchfield Area Hourly $18.11 $19.39 $22.37
Yearly $37,670 $40,330 $46,524
    Kankakee-Morris-Pontiac Area Hourly $17.96 $20.24 $22.22
Yearly $37,359 $42,089 $46,218
    Lake County Hourly $22.22 $23.39 $24.31
Yearly $46,209 $48,664 $50,569
    McHenry County Hourly $21.91 $23.24 $23.67
Yearly $45,573 $48,346 $49,232
    Northwest Illinois Area Hourly $18.41 $20.87 $23.79
Yearly $38,295 $43,403 $49,497
    Peoria-Bloomington Area Hourly $18.15 $19.87 $22.22
Yearly $37,757 $41,317 $46,213
    Quincy-Macomb-Galesburg Area Hourly $17.23 $18.89 $21.55
Yearly $35,841 $39,290 $44,837
    Rock Island-Moline Area Hourly $17.77 $18.89 $21.55
Yearly $36,976 $39,289 $44,825
    Rockford Area Hourly $18.90 $19.77 $22.26
Yearly $39,306 $41,122 $46,299
    Shawnee National Forest Area Hourly $17.88 $19.39 $22.37
Yearly $37,184 $40,329 $46,530
    Springfield Area Hourly $18.61 $20.55 $21.53
Yearly $38,723 $42,755 $44,785
    Vermilion County Hourly $18.98 $18.98 $22.87
Yearly $39,472 $39,472 $47,574
    Will County Hourly $19.60 $21.85 $24.19
Yearly $40,775 $45,457 $50,324
United States Hourly $18.21 $21.46 $23.90
Yearly $37,880 $44,640 $49,720

Source: Illinois Career Information System (CIS) brought to you by Illinois Department of Employment Security.