2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays
United States
Medical Assistants
United States. Estimated employment 817,870, with pages for 88 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$36,050 10th
$38,470 25th
$45,690 50th
$49,180 75th
$59,310 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Medical Assistants page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
Vallejo, CA $77,410 1,360 Santa Rosa, CA $64,820 1,550 Napa, CA $62,050 320 Sacramento, CA $61,970 7,410 San Jose, CA $61,940 6,400 Mount Vernon, WA $61,870 210 Seattle, WA $61,500 10,210 Longview, WA $61,480 250 San Francisco, CA $59,790 14,320 Bellingham, WA $57,410 510 Walla Walla, WA $56,020 140 Olympia, WA $55,700 580 Bremerton, WA $55,680 610 Ithaca, NY $53,760 390 Spokane, WA $51,720 2,090 Boston, MA $50,740 10,750 Oxnard, CA $50,680 2,020 Santa Cruz, CA $50,090 960 Barnstable Town, MA $49,900 380 Springfield, MA $48,510 1,280 New York, NY $48,370 44,060 Glens Falls, NY $47,860 190 Los Angeles, CA $47,760 39,770 Chicago, IL $47,270 15,640 Amherst Town, MA $47,260 270 Worcester, MA $47,240 1,770 Phoenix, AZ $46,830 15,410 Riverside, CA $46,700 11,280 Kalamazoo, MI $46,690 980 Washington, DC $46,640 13,890 Atlanta, GA $46,060 16,910 Pittsfield, MA $45,990 280 Philadelphia, PA $45,890 13,150 Austin, TX $45,820 5,830 Prescott Valley, AZ $45,820 650 North Port, FL $45,620 2,270 Reading, PA $45,610 730 Flagstaff, AZ $45,490 390 Kiryas Joel, NY $45,450 1,060 Allentown, PA $45,400 1,640 Springfield, IL $45,140 790 Miami, FL $44,930 18,670 Albany, NY $44,870 1,390 Punta Gorda, FL $44,830 580 Peoria, IL $44,680 710 Buffalo, NY $44,650 2,310 Naples, FL $44,480 1,390 Tampa, FL $44,480 9,310 Rockford, IL $44,390 690 Tucson, AZ $44,380 2,990 Port St. Lucie, FL $44,280 1,220 Syracuse, NY $44,250 1,230 Utica, NY $44,020 330 Midland, TX $44,010 300 Deltona, FL $43,980 1,660 Yuma, AZ $43,880 420 Chambersburg, PA $43,830 240 Harrisburg, PA $43,820 1,370 Orlando, FL $43,800 7,920 York, PA $43,620 710 Lebanon, PA $43,490 180 Gettysburg, PA $43,480 140 Ann Arbor, MI $43,180 2,440 Dallas, TX $43,100 20,560 Decatur, IL $43,060 130 Sierra Vista, AZ $42,890 240 Traverse City, MI $42,580 430 Houston, TX $42,110 18,280 Gainesville, GA $41,910 970 Saginaw, MI $41,330 750 Niles, MI $41,100 290 Lake Havasu City, AZ $40,690 520 Killeen, TX $40,270 910 Wichita Falls, TX $40,240 570 Jackson, MI $40,230 240 Muskegon, MI $40,190 380 Battle Creek, MI $39,980 400 Detroit, MI $39,410 12,400 San Antonio, TX $39,180 7,580 Champaign, IL $39,130 460 Waco, TX $38,910 690 Savannah, GA $38,780 990 Athens, GA $38,620 910 Augusta, GA $38,470 1,620 Kankakee, IL $38,440 210 Macon, GA $38,400 1,000 Rome, GA $38,240 370 Bloomington, IL $38,070 230
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 817,870 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 31-9092, Medical Assistants. Mapped to our taxonomy as medical-assistants .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.