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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaBirmingham100$78,4200.4
AlabamaHuntsville30$86,0600.3
AlabamaMobile40$74,1900.4
AlabamaMontgomery30$99,4500.4
AlaskaAnchorage120$116,1201.5
AlaskaFairbanks40$74,480 2.8
ArizonaPhoenix950$75,5401
ArizonaPrescott40$81,8401.4
ArizonaTucson190$77,7201
ArizonaYuma30$81,1401.1
ArkansasLittle Rock30$42,2000.2
CaliforniaBakersfield130$82,7401
CaliforniaChico100$80,920 3.1
CaliforniaFresno240$96,6501.4
CaliforniaHanford40$88,660 3.2
CaliforniaMadera30$77,5001.9
CaliforniaOakland850$99,0301.6
CaliforniaOxnard60$102,7200.4
CaliforniaRiverside480$76,0300.7
CaliforniaSacramento640$101,8401.4
CaliforniaSalinas40$88,7300.5
CaliforniaSan Diego930$83,4001.3
CaliforniaSan Francisco240$89,8300.5
CaliforniaSan Jose240$100,1000.5
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo150$65,840 3.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana560$73,6400.7
CaliforniaSanta Barbara70$86,7700.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz50$92,9301.2
CaliforniaSanta Rosa90$78,6701
CaliforniaStockton50$81,9400.5
CaliforniaVallejo80$86,0801.3
CaliforniaVisalia50$94,0100.8
ColoradoBoulder130$70,3601.6
ColoradoColorado Springs140$73,2001.1
ColoradoDenver750$83,1601.1
ColoradoFort Collins60$81,8601
ColoradoGreeley60$57,0001.7
ConnecticutBridgeport260$97,1201.2
ConnecticutDanbury70$88,000 2.1
ConnecticutHartford430$95,2901.4
ConnecticutNew Haven330$94,710 2.3
ConnecticutNorwich90$87,8501.5
ConnecticutWaterbury60$97,8201.9
DelawareDover60$91,650 2.4
DelawareWilmington180$83,2901.1
District of ColumbiaWashington1,110$78,7000.9
FloridaCape Coral130$85,5301.2
FloridaDeltona130$60,7501.7
FloridaFort Lauderdale260$86,0200.7
FloridaFort Walton Beach40$75,8301.1
FloridaGainesville100$80,8901.8
FloridaJacksonville320$84,3001
FloridaLakeland40$87,0300.4
FloridaMiami250$82,4900.5
FloridaNaples120$74,120 2
FloridaOcala30$117,5500.7
FloridaOrlando430$87,4500.8
FloridaPalm Bay120$82,6101.2
FloridaPensacola100$74,7001.4
FloridaPort St Lucie130$62,340 2.1
FloridaSarasota280$91,760 2.1
FloridaTallahassee150$84,9301.9
FloridaTampa810$77,2601.3
FloridaWest Palm Beach240$78,1600.9
GeorgiaAlbany50$77,6001.8
GeorgiaAthens110$80,080 3.1
GeorgiaAtlanta1,270$86,8101
GeorgiaAugusta190$76,2001.8
GeorgiaColumbus120$84,040 2.3
GeorgiaGainesville30$104,8800.9
GeorgiaMacon140$88,080 2.9
HawaiiHonolulu190$76,8600.8
IdahoBoise230$73,5201.7
IdahoPocatello40$76,510 3.1
IllinoisChicago1,300$70,8700.6
IllinoisPeoria190$74,170 2.2
IllinoisRockford170$104,870 2.3
IllinoisSpringfield100$68,150 2
IndianaAnderson30$57,2901.7
IndianaFort Wayne130$77,6501.2
IndianaGary100$76,0700.7
IndianaIndianapolis290$76,5800.6
IndianaMuncie70$80,220 3.4
IowaCedar Rapids40$77,1300.6
IowaDavenport50$73,4500.5
IowaDes Moines200$80,4101.2
IowaIowa City50$100,2301.5
IowaSioux City30$81,6300.9
IowaWaterloo40$85,8001
KansasTopeka60$85,4401.1
KansasWichita200$73,9201.3
KentuckyLexington160$72,1501.3
KentuckyLouisville110$91,2900.3
KentuckyOwensboro30$104,0501.4
LouisianaAlexandria50$74,2701.8
LouisianaBaton Rouge140$74,8400.7
LouisianaNew Orleans90$66,7800.3
LouisianaShreveport110$64,2001.3
MaineBangor90$92,400 3
MaineLewiston90$84,880 4
MainePortland190$84,9301.9
MarylandBaltimore860$85,8401.3
MarylandBethesda350$93,2601.2
MarylandHagerstown60$81,3101.3
MarylandSalisbury60$84,550 2.5
MassachusettsBarnstable Town140$95,830 2.9
MassachusettsBoston1,480$81,2701.6
MassachusettsBrockton40$91,0000.9
MassachusettsFramingham90$97,4201.1
MassachusettsLeominster40$119,3301.8
MassachusettsLowell50$78,2300.8
MassachusettsNew Bedford50$99,0201.7
MassachusettsPittsfield30  2.1
MassachusettsSpringfield270$90,5001.8
MassachusettsWorcester140$92,6401.1
MichiganAnn Arbor310$88,650 3.8
MichiganBattle Creek50$74,610 2.3
MichiganDetroit470$84,9701.3
MichiganFlint130$76,0001.9
MichiganGrand Rapids280$79,7301.4
MichiganKalamazoo110$95,2501.6
MichiganLansing170$81,1501.8
MichiganMuskegon60$73,470 2.2
MichiganNiles110$86,330 3.8
MichiganSaginaw80$67,450 2.2
MichiganWarren600$92,9301
MinnesotaDuluth60$85,8201
MinnesotaMinneapolis790$83,9300.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud70$78,9801.4
MississippiHattiesburg70$60,070 2.7
MissouriColumbia50$76,5001.3
MissouriKansas City300$76,5600.6
MissouriSpringfield90$56,1700.9
MissouriSt Louis360$68,1300.5
MontanaBillings70$81,0301.8
MontanaMissoula40$93,7001.7
NebraskaLincoln150$89,3101.8
NebraskaOmaha450$78,2301.9
NevadaLas Vegas350$101,7400.7
NevadaReno80$73,7600.8
New HampshireManchester120$74,920 2.4
New HampshireNashua100$89,0401.5
New JerseyAtlantic City40$93,7300.5
New JerseyCamden150$89,1000.5
New JerseyNewark340$89,5000.6
New JerseyTrenton60$80,9500.6
New MexicoAlbuquerque260$54,1301.3
New MexicoLas Cruces40$68,6101.4
New YorkAlbany460$85,910 2
New YorkBinghamton40$82,1200.8
New YorkBuffalo330$81,6501.2
New YorkGlens Falls80$85,710 3.3
New YorkNassau1,360$91,220 2.1
New YorkNew York3,910$87,4901.5
New YorkPoughkeepsie180$85,4901.5
New YorkRochester560$78,850 2.2
New YorkSyracuse350$77,870 2.2
New YorkUtica70$86,7301.1
North CarolinaAsheville140$82,3001.6
North CarolinaCharlotte320$86,3200.7
North CarolinaDurham290$77,560 2.1
North CarolinaFayetteville280$83,300 4.7
North CarolinaGoldsboro30$80,1901.8
North CarolinaGreensboro360$81,5201.9
North CarolinaGreenville150$80,210 4.5
North CarolinaHickory120$81,6301.5
North CarolinaRaleigh240$82,0400.9
North CarolinaWilmington140$85,5102
North CarolinaWinston Salem260$81,250 2.4
North DakotaFargo140$76,510 2.5
North DakotaGrand Forks40$72,6001.8
OhioAkron80$75,4000.5
OhioCanton40$83,9900.5
OhioCincinnati220$77,4100.4
OhioCleveland510$81,1900.9
OhioColumbus330$83,0900.7
OhioDayton190$84,2500.9
OhioMansfield40$95,6301.7
OhioToledo60$82,2700.4
OhioYoungstown50$61,9600.4
OklahomaOklahoma City360$77,7901.2
OklahomaTulsa420$66,2701.9
OregonEugene90$92,0801.2
OregonPortland450$96,5900.8
OregonSalem50$77,2500.7
PennsylvaniaAllentown350$60,410 2
PennsylvaniaAltoona100$59,730 3.6
PennsylvaniaErie70$74,2301.1
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg200$75,5001.2
PennsylvaniaJohnstown60$72,190 2.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster100$72,8800.8
PennsylvaniaLebanon50$73,990 2.4
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1,150$70,1301.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh830$66,9601.4
PennsylvaniaReading140$72,0501.7
PennsylvaniaScranton240$64,2001.8
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport40$71,2901.7
PennsylvaniaYork150$81,1901.7
Rhode IslandProvidence250$83,6300.9
South CarolinaCharleston100$78,7500.7
South CarolinaColumbia90$76,9200.5
South CarolinaGreenville120$50,7900.8
South DakotaRapid City70$78,860 2.4
South DakotaSioux Falls160$82,950 2.4
TennesseeChattanooga120$124,2201
TennesseeClarksville50$71,0401.4
TennesseeJohnson City50$74,9401.4
TennesseeKingsport50$81,9100.9
TennesseeKnoxville250$83,0201.5
TennesseeMemphis180$54,5200.6
TennesseeNashville460$65,3301.2
TexasAbilene30$78,5701
TexasAustin220$76,5500.6
TexasCorpus Christi80$68,0000.9
TexasDallas870$83,4400.8
TexasEl Paso80$63,6900.6
TexasFort Worth270$80,9400.6
TexasHouston1,060$90,8700.8
TexasKilleen70$84,3001.2
TexasLubbock40$100,9400.7
TexasMcallen80$80,3500.7
TexasSan Antonio270$83,3000.6
TexasTyler70$93,3601.6
TexasWichita Falls30$86,7801.1
UtahOgden100$91,5001
UtahProvo70$88,3200.9
UtahSalt Lake City320$93,5501
UtahSt George50$43,860 2.3
VermontBurlington70$87,3501.3
VirginiaRichmond270$59,6100.9
VirginiaRoanoke60$66,8400.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach380$64,7101
VirginiaWinchester30$72,6001.3
WashingtonBellingham50$88,5801.3
WashingtonBremerton60$95,6801.5
WashingtonKennewick50$86,4301.2
WashingtonMount Vernon50$82,310 2.5
WashingtonOlympia60$88,0201.3
WashingtonSeattle710$90,1400.9
WashingtonSpokane200$87,2801.9
WashingtonTacoma200$108,5801.5
WashingtonWenatchee50$89,630 2.8
WashingtonYakima60$79,8701.6
West VirginiaCharleston120$77,4801.7
West VirginiaHuntington90$78,0701.6
West VirginiaMorgantown80$69,610 3.9
West VirginiaParkersburg50$85,9301.5
West VirginiaWheeling30$79,4601
WisconsinAppleton40$81,6300.7
WisconsinGreen Bay80$95,8001
WisconsinJanesville50$77,3301.7
WisconsinLa Crosse30$85,0800.9
WisconsinMadison220$75,7001.3
WisconsinMilwaukee570$79,3401.3
WisconsinOshkosh50$82,1601.3
WyomingCasper70$90,890 4.2
WyomingCheyenne30 1.6
 

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