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Doctors Assistants
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Job Numbers and Growth
Government data shows about 66,000 for doctors assistants. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively very low.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
16% of people working as employees are employed part-time. Doctors assistants work for themselves about 2% of the time.
Training and Education
Education requirements for this career usually include a master's degree. Approximately 67% of people working as employees have earned a degree. Among doctors assistants about 26% went to college but did not get a degree. Among workers, 8% have a high school diploma, but no college education. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
Jobs are relatively more common in Fayetteville (North Carolina), Greenville (North Carolina), and Casper (Wyoming), and less common in New Orleans (Louisiana), Huntsville (Alabama), and Little Rock (Arkansas).
Average income is highest in Ocala (Florida), Owensboro (Kentucky), and Sacramento (California) and lowest in Memphis (Tennessee), St. George (Utah), and Little Rock (Arkansas).
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Doctors Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Doctors Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Doctors Assistants are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Doctors Assistants are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Birmingham 100 $78,420 0.4 Alabama Huntsville 30 $86,060 0.3 Alabama Mobile 40 $74,190 0.4 Alabama Montgomery 30 $99,450 0.4 Alaska Anchorage 120 $116,120 1.5 Alaska Fairbanks 40 $74,480 2.8Arizona Phoenix 950 $75,540 1 Arizona Prescott 40 $81,840 1.4 Arizona Tucson 190 $77,720 1 Arizona Yuma 30 $81,140 1.1 Arkansas Little Rock 30 $42,200 0.2 California Bakersfield 130 $82,740 1 California Chico 100 $80,920 3.1California Fresno 240 $96,650 1.4 California Hanford 40 $88,660 3.2California Madera 30 $77,500 1.9 California Oakland 850 $99,030 1.6 California Oxnard 60 $102,720 0.4 California Riverside 480 $76,030 0.7 California Sacramento 640 $101,840 1.4 California Salinas 40 $88,730 0.5 California San Diego 930 $83,400 1.3 California San Francisco 240 $89,830 0.5 California San Jose 240 $100,100 0.5 California San Luis Obispo 150 $65,840 3.1California Santa Ana 560 $73,640 0.7 California Santa Barbara 70 $86,770 0.8 California Santa Cruz 50 $92,930 1.2 California Santa Rosa 90 $78,670 1 California Stockton 50 $81,940 0.5 California Vallejo 80 $86,080 1.3 California Visalia 50 $94,010 0.8 Colorado Boulder 130 $70,360 1.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 140 $73,200 1.1 Colorado Denver 750 $83,160 1.1 Colorado Fort Collins 60 $81,860 1 Colorado Greeley 60 $57,000 1.7 Connecticut Bridgeport 260 $97,120 1.2 Connecticut Danbury 70 $88,000 2.1Connecticut Hartford 430 $95,290 1.4 Connecticut New Haven 330 $94,710 2.3Connecticut Norwich 90 $87,850 1.5 Connecticut Waterbury 60 $97,820 1.9 Delaware Dover 60 $91,650 2.4Delaware Wilmington 180 $83,290 1.1 District of Columbia Washington 1,110 $78,700 0.9 Florida Cape Coral 130 $85,530 1.2 Florida Deltona 130 $60,750 1.7 Florida Fort Lauderdale 260 $86,020 0.7 Florida Fort Walton Beach 40 $75,830 1.1 Florida Gainesville 100 $80,890 1.8 Florida Jacksonville 320 $84,300 1 Florida Lakeland 40 $87,030 0.4 Florida Miami 250 $82,490 0.5 Florida Naples 120 $74,120 2Florida Ocala 30 $117,550 0.7 Florida Orlando 430 $87,450 0.8 Florida Palm Bay 120 $82,610 1.2 Florida Pensacola 100 $74,700 1.4 Florida Port St Lucie 130 $62,340 2.1Florida Sarasota 280 $91,760 2.1Florida Tallahassee 150 $84,930 1.9 Florida Tampa 810 $77,260 1.3 Florida West Palm Beach 240 $78,160 0.9 Georgia Albany 50 $77,600 1.8 Georgia Athens 110 $80,080 3.1Georgia Atlanta 1,270 $86,810 1 Georgia Augusta 190 $76,200 1.8 Georgia Columbus 120 $84,040 2.3Georgia Gainesville 30 $104,880 0.9 Georgia Macon 140 $88,080 2.9Hawaii Honolulu 190 $76,860 0.8 Idaho Boise 230 $73,520 1.7 Idaho Pocatello 40 $76,510 3.1Illinois Chicago 1,300 $70,870 0.6 Illinois Peoria 190 $74,170 2.2Illinois Rockford 170 $104,870 2.3Illinois Springfield 100 $68,150 2Indiana Anderson 30 $57,290 1.7 Indiana Fort Wayne 130 $77,650 1.2 Indiana Gary 100 $76,070 0.7 Indiana Indianapolis 290 $76,580 0.6 Indiana Muncie 70 $80,220 3.4Iowa Cedar Rapids 40 $77,130 0.6 Iowa Davenport 50 $73,450 0.5 Iowa Des Moines 200 $80,410 1.2 Iowa Iowa City 50 $100,230 1.5 Iowa Sioux City 30 $81,630 0.9 Iowa Waterloo 40 $85,800 1 Kansas Topeka 60 $85,440 1.1 Kansas Wichita 200 $73,920 1.3 Kentucky Lexington 160 $72,150 1.3 Kentucky Louisville 110 $91,290 0.3 Kentucky Owensboro 30 $104,050 1.4 Louisiana Alexandria 50 $74,270 1.8 Louisiana Baton Rouge 140 $74,840 0.7 Louisiana New Orleans 90 $66,780 0.3 Louisiana Shreveport 110 $64,200 1.3 Maine Bangor 90 $92,400 3Maine Lewiston 90 $84,880 4Maine Portland 190 $84,930 1.9 Maryland Baltimore 860 $85,840 1.3 Maryland Bethesda 350 $93,260 1.2 Maryland Hagerstown 60 $81,310 1.3 Maryland Salisbury 60 $84,550 2.5Massachusetts Barnstable Town 140 $95,830 2.9Massachusetts Boston 1,480 $81,270 1.6 Massachusetts Brockton 40 $91,000 0.9 Massachusetts Framingham 90 $97,420 1.1 Massachusetts Leominster 40 $119,330 1.8 Massachusetts Lowell 50 $78,230 0.8 Massachusetts New Bedford 50 $99,020 1.7 Massachusetts Pittsfield 30 2.1Massachusetts Springfield 270 $90,500 1.8 Massachusetts Worcester 140 $92,640 1.1 Michigan Ann Arbor 310 $88,650 3.8Michigan Battle Creek 50 $74,610 2.3Michigan Detroit 470 $84,970 1.3 Michigan Flint 130 $76,000 1.9 Michigan Grand Rapids 280 $79,730 1.4 Michigan Kalamazoo 110 $95,250 1.6 Michigan Lansing 170 $81,150 1.8 Michigan Muskegon 60 $73,470 2.2Michigan Niles 110 $86,330 3.8Michigan Saginaw 80 $67,450 2.2Michigan Warren 600 $92,930 1 Minnesota Duluth 60 $85,820 1 Minnesota Minneapolis 790 $83,930 0.8 Minnesota St Cloud 70 $78,980 1.4 Mississippi Hattiesburg 70 $60,070 2.7Missouri Columbia 50 $76,500 1.3 Missouri Kansas City 300 $76,560 0.6 Missouri Springfield 90 $56,170 0.9 Missouri St Louis 360 $68,130 0.5 Montana Billings 70 $81,030 1.8 Montana Missoula 40 $93,700 1.7 Nebraska Lincoln 150 $89,310 1.8 Nebraska Omaha 450 $78,230 1.9 Nevada Las Vegas 350 $101,740 0.7 Nevada Reno 80 $73,760 0.8 New Hampshire Manchester 120 $74,920 2.4New Hampshire Nashua 100 $89,040 1.5 New Jersey Atlantic City 40 $93,730 0.5 New Jersey Camden 150 $89,100 0.5 New Jersey Newark 340 $89,500 0.6 New Jersey Trenton 60 $80,950 0.6 New Mexico Albuquerque 260 $54,130 1.3 New Mexico Las Cruces 40 $68,610 1.4 New York Albany 460 $85,910 2New York Binghamton 40 $82,120 0.8 New York Buffalo 330 $81,650 1.2 New York Glens Falls 80 $85,710 3.3New York Nassau 1,360 $91,220 2.1New York New York 3,910 $87,490 1.5 New York Poughkeepsie 180 $85,490 1.5 New York Rochester 560 $78,850 2.2New York Syracuse 350 $77,870 2.2New York Utica 70 $86,730 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 140 $82,300 1.6 North Carolina Charlotte 320 $86,320 0.7 North Carolina Durham 290 $77,560 2.1North Carolina Fayetteville 280 $83,300 4.7North Carolina Goldsboro 30 $80,190 1.8 North Carolina Greensboro 360 $81,520 1.9 North Carolina Greenville 150 $80,210 4.5North Carolina Hickory 120 $81,630 1.5 North Carolina Raleigh 240 $82,040 0.9 North Carolina Wilmington 140 $85,510 2 North Carolina Winston Salem 260 $81,250 2.4North Dakota Fargo 140 $76,510 2.5North Dakota Grand Forks 40 $72,600 1.8 Ohio Akron 80 $75,400 0.5 Ohio Canton 40 $83,990 0.5 Ohio Cincinnati 220 $77,410 0.4 Ohio Cleveland 510 $81,190 0.9 Ohio Columbus 330 $83,090 0.7 Ohio Dayton 190 $84,250 0.9 Ohio Mansfield 40 $95,630 1.7 Ohio Toledo 60 $82,270 0.4 Ohio Youngstown 50 $61,960 0.4 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 360 $77,790 1.2 Oklahoma Tulsa 420 $66,270 1.9 Oregon Eugene 90 $92,080 1.2 Oregon Portland 450 $96,590 0.8 Oregon Salem 50 $77,250 0.7 Pennsylvania Allentown 350 $60,410 2Pennsylvania Altoona 100 $59,730 3.6Pennsylvania Erie 70 $74,230 1.1 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 200 $75,500 1.2 Pennsylvania Johnstown 60 $72,190 2.3Pennsylvania Lancaster 100 $72,880 0.8 Pennsylvania Lebanon 50 $73,990 2.4Pennsylvania Philadelphia 1,150 $70,130 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 830 $66,960 1.4 Pennsylvania Reading 140 $72,050 1.7 Pennsylvania Scranton 240 $64,200 1.8 Pennsylvania Williamsport 40 $71,290 1.7 Pennsylvania York 150 $81,190 1.7 Rhode Island Providence 250 $83,630 0.9 South Carolina Charleston 100 $78,750 0.7 South Carolina Columbia 90 $76,920 0.5 South Carolina Greenville 120 $50,790 0.8 South Dakota Rapid City 70 $78,860 2.4South Dakota Sioux Falls 160 $82,950 2.4Tennessee Chattanooga 120 $124,220 1 Tennessee Clarksville 50 $71,040 1.4 Tennessee Johnson City 50 $74,940 1.4 Tennessee Kingsport 50 $81,910 0.9 Tennessee Knoxville 250 $83,020 1.5 Tennessee Memphis 180 $54,520 0.6 Tennessee Nashville 460 $65,330 1.2 Texas Abilene 30 $78,570 1 Texas Austin 220 $76,550 0.6 Texas Corpus Christi 80 $68,000 0.9 Texas Dallas 870 $83,440 0.8 Texas El Paso 80 $63,690 0.6 Texas Fort Worth 270 $80,940 0.6 Texas Houston 1,060 $90,870 0.8 Texas Killeen 70 $84,300 1.2 Texas Lubbock 40 $100,940 0.7 Texas Mcallen 80 $80,350 0.7 Texas San Antonio 270 $83,300 0.6 Texas Tyler 70 $93,360 1.6 Texas Wichita Falls 30 $86,780 1.1 Utah Ogden 100 $91,500 1 Utah Provo 70 $88,320 0.9 Utah Salt Lake City 320 $93,550 1 Utah St George 50 $43,860 2.3Vermont Burlington 70 $87,350 1.3 Virginia Richmond 270 $59,610 0.9 Virginia Roanoke 60 $66,840 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 380 $64,710 1 Virginia Winchester 30 $72,600 1.3 Washington Bellingham 50 $88,580 1.3 Washington Bremerton 60 $95,680 1.5 Washington Kennewick 50 $86,430 1.2 Washington Mount Vernon 50 $82,310 2.5Washington Olympia 60 $88,020 1.3 Washington Seattle 710 $90,140 0.9 Washington Spokane 200 $87,280 1.9 Washington Tacoma 200 $108,580 1.5 Washington Wenatchee 50 $89,630 2.8Washington Yakima 60 $79,870 1.6 West Virginia Charleston 120 $77,480 1.7 West Virginia Huntington 90 $78,070 1.6 West Virginia Morgantown 80 $69,610 3.9West Virginia Parkersburg 50 $85,930 1.5 West Virginia Wheeling 30 $79,460 1 Wisconsin Appleton 40 $81,630 0.7 Wisconsin Green Bay 80 $95,800 1 Wisconsin Janesville 50 $77,330 1.7 Wisconsin La Crosse 30 $85,080 0.9 Wisconsin Madison 220 $75,700 1.3 Wisconsin Milwaukee 570 $79,340 1.3 Wisconsin Oshkosh 50 $82,160 1.3 Wyoming Casper 70 $90,890 4.2Wyoming Cheyenne 30 1.6
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