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Medical Assistants
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Job Numbers and Growth
The number of jobs for medical assistants in the US is about 417,000. Recent data shows that this occupation has a low level of unemployment.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those working as employees, 23% work fewer than 40 hours per week.
Training and Education
Moderate-term on-the-job training is often required to work in this field. Survey data provided by the government shows that 10% of workers have a bachelor's degree or higher. 59% of employees attended college, but do not have a degree. 31% of medical assistants were able to find a job with only a high school 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
On a per capita basis, there are more jobs for workers in St. George (Utah), Hanford (California), and Yuba City (California), and fewer jobs in Fort Smith (Arkansas), Charlottesville (Virginia), and Danville (Virginia).
Compensation for employees is the most in Vallejo (California), San Francisco (California), and Rochester (Minnesota), and the lowest in Monroe (Louisiana), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Lubbock (Texas).
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Medical Assistants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Medical Assistants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Medical 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 Medical Assistants are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 240 $25,140 1.6 Alabama Auburn 130 $23,590 0.9 Alabama Birmingham 1,690 $26,920 0.9 Alabama Decatur 130 $23,300 0.7 Alabama Dothan 310 $25,880 1.6 Alabama Florence 190 $22,600 1.2 Alabama Gadsden 170 $23,900 1.6 Alabama Huntsville 630 $23,890 0.8 Alabama Mobile 670 $22,420 1 Alabama Montgomery 670 $24,750 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 250 0.8 Alaska Anchorage 590 $36,390 1 Alaska Fairbanks 110 $32,860 1.1 Arizona Flagstaff 120 $30,970 0.7 Arizona Kingman 310 $27,670 1.9 Arizona Phoenix 8,190 $29,920 1.2 Arizona Prescott 280 $26,880 1.4 Arizona Tucson 2,390 $27,270 1.8 Arizona Yuma 260 $29,840 1.3 Arkansas Fayetteville 370 $27,540 0.5 Arkansas Fort Smith 130 $24,720 0.3 Arkansas Hot Springs 180 $24,460 1.6 Arkansas Jonesboro 90 $22,830 0.6 Arkansas Little Rock 810 $26,500 0.7 California Bakersfield 1,930 $26,420 2California Chico 560 $28,480 2.4California El Centro 110 $26,390 0.7 California Fresno 1,950 $28,240 1.6 California Hanford 250 $26,510 2.8California Madera 200 $29,420 1.8 California Merced 450 $25,630 2.4California Modesto 890 $26,020 1.5 California Napa 220 $32,960 1 California Oakland 4,600 $34,930 1.2 California Oxnard 2,040 $31,680 1.9 California Redding 520 $28,160 2.4California Riverside 7,500 $27,620 1.6 California Sacramento 3,260 $31,420 1 California Salinas 950 $36,160 1.7 California San Diego 6,590 $29,890 1.3 California San Francisco 3,370 $38,460 0.9 California San Jose 3,170 $36,470 0.9 California San Luis Obispo 710 $29,450 2.1California Santa Ana 6,820 $31,990 1.2 California Santa Barbara 840 $30,940 1.4 California Santa Cruz 550 $35,850 1.8 California Santa Rosa 940 $32,440 1.4 California Stockton 1,000 $26,740 1.3 California Vallejo 1,130 $47,080 2.7California Visalia 840 $27,680 1.8 California Yuba City 340 $27,410 2.8Colorado Boulder 600 $32,920 1.1 Colorado Colorado Springs 890 $28,780 1 Colorado Denver 3,610 $32,260 0.8 Colorado Fort Collins 530 $32,500 1.3 Colorado Grand Junction 140 $30,210 0.8 Colorado Greeley 260 $30,340 1 Colorado Pueblo 270 $28,260 1.5 Connecticut Bridgeport 1,280 $35,030 0.8 Connecticut Danbury 290 $32,270 1.2 Connecticut Hartford 2,260 $33,550 1.1 Connecticut New Haven 800 $35,590 0.8 Connecticut Norwich 430 $30,060 1 Connecticut Waterbury 350 $31,150 1.5 Delaware Dover 330 $28,560 1.9 Delaware Wilmington 720 $31,770 0.6 District of Columbia Washington 5,090 $34,060 0.6 Florida Cape Coral 1,240 $29,740 1.7 Florida Deltona 840 $26,510 1.5 Florida Fort Lauderdale 3,550 $29,180 1.3 Florida Fort Walton Beach 210 $27,610 0.8 Florida Gainesville 660 $26,840 1.7 Florida Jacksonville 2,860 $28,230 1.3 Florida Lakeland 750 $24,750 1.1 Florida Miami 4,510 $28,350 1.2 Florida Naples 540 $32,990 1.3 Florida Ocala 580 $25,270 1.8 Florida Orlando 3,980 $27,710 1 Florida Palm Bay 1,380 $26,680 2 Florida Palm Coast 100 $26,860 2.6Florida Panama City 180 $24,600 0.8 Florida Pensacola 790 $24,140 1.5 Florida Port St Lucie 780 $29,230 1.8 Florida Punta Gorda 140 $28,090 1.1 Florida Sarasota 950 $29,390 1 Florida Sebastian 220 $26,220 1.4 Florida Tallahassee 510 $27,730 0.9 Florida Tampa 4,950 $27,220 1.1 Florida West Palm Beach 3,080 $30,030 1.6 Georgia Albany 280 $24,020 1.4 Georgia Athens 310 $29,160 1.2 Georgia Atlanta 7,340 $29,690 0.8 Georgia Augusta 1,190 $27,180 1.6 Georgia Brunswick 70 $24,870 0.5 Georgia Columbus 620 $24,720 1.6 Georgia Dalton 120 $27,140 0.5 Georgia Gainesville 370 $31,080 1.6 Georgia Macon 610 $26,210 1.8 Georgia Rome 310 $27,610 2.7Georgia Savannah 480 $26,290 0.9 Georgia Valdosta 250 $26,050 1.4 Georgia Warner Robins 200 $24,590 1.2 Hawaii Honolulu 2,110 $30,850 1.3 Idaho Boise 1,030 $32,710 1.1 Idaho Coeur Dalene 110 $30,110 0.6 Idaho Lewiston 50 $28,260 0.7 Idaho Pocatello 50 $25,440 0.5 Illinois Bloomington 180 $27,770 0.8 Illinois Champaign 290 $27,750 0.9 Illinois Chicago 10,290 $31,000 0.7 Illinois Danville 120 $23,490 1.6 Illinois Decatur 120 $28,360 0.8 Illinois Peoria 680 $28,820 1.1 Illinois Rockford 260 $28,780 0.5 Illinois Springfield 350 $30,320 1 Indiana Anderson 120 $26,280 1 Indiana Bloomington 250 $26,870 1.1 Indiana Columbus 90 $29,210 0.7 Indiana Elkhart 290 $26,600 0.6 Indiana Evansville 540 $24,740 0.9 Indiana Fort Wayne 800 $26,150 1 Indiana Gary 1,340 $26,290 1.3 Indiana Indianapolis 2,970 $29,330 0.9 Indiana Kokomo 110 $30,840 1 Indiana Lafayette 280 $26,760 1.1 Indiana Michigan City 200 $27,720 1.5 Indiana Muncie 370 $25,020 2.6Indiana South Bend 510 $27,370 1.1 Indiana Terre Haute 160 $27,790 0.7 Iowa Ames 90 $29,580 0.8 Iowa Cedar Rapids 300 $29,080 0.6 Iowa Des Moines 970 $31,360 0.8 Iowa Dubuque 120 $28,830 0.7 Iowa Iowa City 390 $29,870 1.6 Iowa Sioux City 210 $25,290 0.9 Iowa Waterloo 220 $30,670 0.8 Kansas Lawrence 90 $26,550 0.6 Kansas Topeka 250 $24,610 0.7 Kansas Wichita 940 $25,060 0.8 Kentucky Bowling Green 230 $23,940 1.2 Kentucky Elizabethtown 170 $24,320 1.2 Kentucky Lexington 700 $29,900 0.8 Kentucky Louisville 2,600 $28,780 1.1 Kentucky Owensboro 190 $24,380 1.2 Louisiana Alexandria 180 $23,450 0.9 Louisiana Baton Rouge 890 $25,090 0.7 Louisiana Houma 260 $22,860 0.8 Louisiana Lafayette 250 $24,950 0.5 Louisiana Lake Charles 230 $20,440 0.8 Louisiana Monroe 150 $21,810 0.6 Louisiana New Orleans 1,380 $26,540 0.7 Louisiana Shreveport 520 $26,220 0.8 Maine Bangor 280 $28,640 1.3 Maine Lewiston 240 $27,730 1.5 Maine Portland 660 $32,530 0.9 Maryland Baltimore 3,990 $30,590 0.8 Maryland Bethesda 1,780 $32,330 0.8 Maryland Cumberland 90 $21,270 0.8 Maryland Hagerstown 390 $28,050 1.1 Maryland Salisbury 140 $27,000 0.8 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 310 $36,860 0.9 Massachusetts Boston 6,410 $35,760 1 Massachusetts Brockton 280 $33,180 0.9 Massachusetts Framingham 290 $36,660 0.5 Massachusetts Haverhill 250 $31,560 1 Massachusetts Lawrence 160 $34,730 0.9 Massachusetts Leominster 170 $30,680 1.1 Massachusetts Lowell 400 $34,690 0.9 Massachusetts New Bedford 320 $30,860 1.5 Massachusetts Pittsfield 120 $26,690 1.2 Massachusetts Springfield 1,360 $31,860 1.2 Massachusetts Taunton 120 $29,060 0.8 Massachusetts Worcester 870 $33,670 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 1,040 $30,350 1.8 Michigan Battle Creek 250 $29,140 1.6 Michigan Bay City 90 $23,680 0.8 Michigan Detroit 3,190 $27,240 1.2 Michigan Flint 1,100 $26,990 2.3Michigan Grand Rapids 1,200 $28,040 0.9 Michigan Holland 390 $29,460 1.1 Michigan Jackson 310 $30,180 1.8 Michigan Kalamazoo 500 $28,370 1 Michigan Lansing 610 $27,670 0.9 Michigan Monroe 170 $27,950 1.4 Michigan Muskegon 280 $27,190 1.4 Michigan Niles 240 $29,550 1.2 Michigan Saginaw 620 $24,820 2.4Michigan Warren 7,210 $29,210 1.7 Minnesota Duluth 410 $29,110 0.9 Minnesota Minneapolis 4,780 $33,440 0.7 Minnesota Rochester 230 $37,080 0.7 Minnesota St Cloud 190 $30,460 0.5 Mississippi Gulfport 280 $27,520 0.7 Mississippi Hattiesburg 250 $23,530 1.3 Mississippi Jackson 400 $26,040 0.4 Mississippi Pascagoula 140 $25,470 0.9 Missouri Columbia 130 $26,240 0.5 Missouri Jefferson City 130 $24,390 0.6 Missouri Joplin 330 $25,050 1.2 Missouri Kansas City 3,130 $29,290 0.8 Missouri Springfield 710 $24,010 1 Missouri St Joseph 80 $27,020 0.5 Missouri St Louis 5,030 $27,620 1 Montana Billings 220 $27,630 0.8 Montana Great Falls 170 $25,690 1.6 Montana Missoula 80 $28,650 0.5 Nebraska Lincoln 590 $26,830 1 Nebraska Omaha 1,840 $29,110 1.1 Nevada Carson City 150 $31,450 1.8 Nevada Las Vegas 2,890 $32,430 0.8 Nevada Reno 710 $34,340 1 New Hampshire Manchester 220 $30,460 0.6 New Hampshire Nashua 270 $29,610 0.6 New Hampshire Portsmouth 110 $30,620 0.6 New Hampshire Rochester 160 $29,550 0.9 New Jersey Atlantic City 330 $28,010 0.6 New Jersey Camden 1,930 $29,860 1 New Jersey Edison 2,870 $32,780 0.7 New Jersey Newark 3,230 $34,230 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 50 $26,810 0.4 New Jersey Trenton 550 $32,460 0.7 New Jersey Vineland 240 $29,270 1.3 New Mexico Albuquerque 1,740 $26,960 1.2 New Mexico Farmington 180 $27,220 1.1 New Mexico Las Cruces 360 $24,480 1.8 New Mexico Santa Fe 120 $30,930 0.6 New York Albany 650 $31,000 0.4 New York Binghamton 240 $24,880 0.7 New York Buffalo 1,090 $29,010 0.5 New York Elmira 50 $23,920 0.5 New York Glens Falls 90 $25,910 0.5 New York Ithaca 50 $28,110 0.4 New York Kingston 120 $28,540 0.6 New York Nassau 4,550 $31,800 1 New York New York 12,080 $32,670 0.6 New York Poughkeepsie 670 $31,200 0.8 New York Rochester 610 $27,490 0.3 New York Syracuse 560 $28,070 0.5 New York Utica 220 $24,670 0.5 North Carolina Asheville 810 $27,200 1.3 North Carolina Burlington 180 $30,610 0.9 North Carolina Charlotte 1,530 $28,280 0.5 North Carolina Durham 560 $29,870 0.6 North Carolina Fayetteville 400 $21,600 0.9 North Carolina Goldsboro 110 $23,740 0.9 North Carolina Greensboro 1,100 $29,460 0.8 North Carolina Greenville 270 $27,520 1.1 North Carolina Hickory 540 $28,120 0.9 North Carolina Jacksonville 140 $24,690 1.1 North Carolina Raleigh 900 $29,590 0.5 North Carolina Rocky Mount 140 $25,250 0.7 North Carolina Wilmington 650 $28,690 1.3 North Carolina Winston Salem 570 $29,240 0.7 North Dakota Bismarck 140 $27,130 0.8 Ohio Akron 1,420 $27,410 1.2 Ohio Canton 930 $26,200 1.5 Ohio Cincinnati 4,320 $28,340 1.1 Ohio Cleveland 3,380 $26,740 0.9 Ohio Columbus 3,570 $28,570 1 Ohio Dayton 1,720 $27,380 1.2 Ohio Lima 280 $28,940 1.7 Ohio Mansfield 140 $28,220 0.8 Ohio Sandusky 130 $28,560 1.2 Ohio Springfield 280 $26,410 1.9 Ohio Toledo 1,050 $28,440 0.9 Ohio Youngstown 1,140 $24,450 1.4 Oklahoma Lawton 170 $21,070 1.5 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 2,540 $25,210 1.2 Oklahoma Tulsa 1,530 $27,150 1 Oregon Bend 320 $30,470 1.4 Oregon Corvallis 220 $31,700 2.3Oregon Eugene 600 $31,970 1.1 Oregon Medford 580 $29,850 2Oregon Portland 4,360 $32,880 1.1 Oregon Salem 830 $30,260 1.6 Pennsylvania Allentown 1,560 $27,070 1.3 Pennsylvania Altoona 300 $23,810 1.5 Pennsylvania Erie 620 $24,320 1.4 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 1,450 $27,660 1.3 Pennsylvania Lancaster 620 $27,230 0.7 Pennsylvania Lebanon 170 $27,270 1.2 Pennsylvania Philadelphia 8,590 $30,030 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 4,670 $25,770 1.1 Pennsylvania Reading 460 $27,330 0.8 Pennsylvania Scranton 540 $27,940 0.6 Pennsylvania State College 110 $23,620 0.6 Pennsylvania Williamsport 150 $34,120 0.9 Pennsylvania York 700 $27,130 1.1 Rhode Island Providence 2,170 $30,100 1 South Carolina Anderson 370 $26,850 1.9 South Carolina Charleston 1,860 $26,330 1.8 South Carolina Columbia 960 $29,330 0.7 South Carolina Florence 280 $25,110 1 South Carolina Greenville 1,480 $27,980 1.3 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 270 $28,170 0.7 South Carolina Spartanburg 280 $27,520 0.7 South Carolina Sumter 120 $23,360 1.1 South Dakota Rapid City 220 $25,620 1.1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 310 $25,850 0.6 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,250 $27,530 1.5 Tennessee Clarksville 260 $22,640 1 Tennessee Cleveland 120 $26,890 1.1 Tennessee Jackson 300 $23,560 1.6 Tennessee Johnson City 270 $26,210 1.1 Tennessee Kingsport 420 $25,040 1.1 Tennessee Knoxville 1,290 $26,550 1.1 Tennessee Memphis 2,790 $26,780 1.2 Tennessee Morristown 150 $24,510 1 Tennessee Nashville 2,790 $27,930 1 Texas Abilene 140 $23,200 0.7 Texas Austin 2,730 $28,470 1 Texas Beaumont 630 $23,780 1.1 Texas Brownsville 590 $23,980 1.4 Texas College Station 290 $24,210 1.1 Texas Corpus Christi 810 $22,800 1.3 Texas Dallas 8,410 $30,330 1.1 Texas Fort Worth 2,930 $27,450 0.9 Texas Houston 10,200 $27,260 1.1 Texas Killeen 230 $26,590 0.6 Texas Laredo 450 $22,240 1.6 Texas Longview 180 0.6 Texas Lubbock 470 $20,360 1.1 Texas Mcallen 1,640 $20,960 2.1Texas Midland 100 $31,100 0.5 Texas Odessa 140 $24,160 0.8 Texas San Angelo 150 $21,940 1.2 Texas San Antonio 4,800 $24,430 1.5 Texas Sherman 230 $26,910 1.9 Texas Texarkana 170 $26,640 1 Texas Tyler 570 $26,690 1.9 Texas Victoria 80 $23,320 0.5 Texas Waco 360 $27,060 1.1 Texas Wichita Falls 230 $25,620 1.2 Utah Logan 120 $23,650 0.8 Utah Ogden 790 $26,460 1.1 Utah Provo 810 $24,200 1.4 Utah Salt Lake City 2,420 $27,520 1 Utah St George 480 $27,620 3.1Vermont Burlington 350 $30,810 0.9 Virginia Blacksburg 170 $25,420 0.9 Virginia Charlottesville 100 $28,210 0.3 Virginia Danville 30 $23,150 0.3 Virginia Harrisonburg 100 $24,530 0.6 Virginia Lynchburg 170 $26,010 0.5 Virginia Richmond 1,490 $29,120 0.7 Virginia Roanoke 470 $26,530 0.8 Virginia Virginia Beach 3,070 $26,110 1.1 Virginia Winchester 120 $27,540 0.7 Washington Bellingham 240 $30,840 0.9 Washington Bremerton 430 $32,290 1.5 Washington Kennewick 310 $29,390 1 Washington Longview 140 $32,150 1.4 Washington Mount Vernon 250 $31,640 1.8 Washington Olympia 490 $32,920 1.5 Washington Seattle 4,460 $34,730 0.8 Washington Spokane 920 $29,340 1.2 Washington Tacoma 1,330 $33,300 1.4 Washington Wenatchee 220 $29,810 1.8 Washington Yakima 350 $32,040 1.3 West Virginia Charleston 720 $24,290 1.4 West Virginia Huntington 540 $23,730 1.4 West Virginia Morgantown 250 $22,410 1.7 West Virginia Parkersburg 280 $22,360 1.2 West Virginia Weirton 80 $22,780 0.6 West Virginia Wheeling 200 $22,270 1 Wisconsin Appleton 490 $28,340 1.2 Wisconsin Eau Claire 380 $29,030 1.5 Wisconsin Fond 60 $30,350 0.4 Wisconsin Green Bay 560 $28,560 0.9 Wisconsin Janesville 360 $29,450 1.7 Wisconsin La Crosse 310 $27,890 1.4 Wisconsin Madison 1,100 $31,740 0.9 Wisconsin Milwaukee 2,560 $29,870 0.8 Wisconsin Oshkosh 470 $27,830 1.7 Wisconsin Racine 210 $31,490 0.8 Wisconsin Sheboygan 220 $30,630 1.2 Wisconsin Wausau 260 $29,950 1.2 Wyoming Casper 100 $27,040 0.8 Wyoming Cheyenne 70 $29,190 0.5
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