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Medical Assistants

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Job Numbers and Growth

The count of medical assistants working in the US is about 417,000. Unemployment for this career is low compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 23% of employees work only part of the time.

Training and Education

Many employers require moderate-term on-the-job training from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 10% of workers. People with some college experience but no degree make up 59% of employees. The highest level of education for for 31% of medical assistants was a high school diploma. 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

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in St. George (Utah), Hanford (California), and Yuba City (California), and comparatively fewer in Fort Smith (Arkansas), Charlottesville (Virginia), and Danville (Virginia).

The earning potential for employees appears to be highest in Vallejo (California), San Francisco (California), and Rochester (Minnesota), and lowest (comparatively speaking) 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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston240$25,1401.6
AlabamaAuburn130$23,5900.9
AlabamaBirmingham1,690$26,9200.9
AlabamaDecatur130$23,3000.7
AlabamaDothan310$25,8801.6
AlabamaFlorence190$22,6001.2
AlabamaGadsden170$23,9001.6
AlabamaHuntsville630$23,8900.8
AlabamaMobile670$22,4201
AlabamaMontgomery670$24,7501.1
AlabamaTuscaloosa250 0.8
AlaskaAnchorage590$36,3901
AlaskaFairbanks110$32,8601.1
ArizonaFlagstaff120$30,9700.7
ArizonaKingman310$27,6701.9
ArizonaPhoenix8,190$29,9201.2
ArizonaPrescott280$26,8801.4
ArizonaTucson2,390$27,2701.8
ArizonaYuma260$29,8401.3
ArkansasFayetteville370$27,5400.5
ArkansasFort Smith130$24,7200.3
ArkansasHot Springs180$24,4601.6
ArkansasJonesboro90$22,8300.6
ArkansasLittle Rock810$26,5000.7
CaliforniaBakersfield1,930$26,420 2
CaliforniaChico560$28,480 2.4
CaliforniaEl Centro110$26,3900.7
CaliforniaFresno1,950$28,2401.6
CaliforniaHanford250$26,510 2.8
CaliforniaMadera200$29,4201.8
CaliforniaMerced450$25,630 2.4
CaliforniaModesto890$26,0201.5
CaliforniaNapa220$32,9601
CaliforniaOakland4,600$34,9301.2
CaliforniaOxnard2,040$31,6801.9
CaliforniaRedding520$28,160 2.4
CaliforniaRiverside7,500$27,6201.6
CaliforniaSacramento3,260$31,4201
CaliforniaSalinas950$36,1601.7
CaliforniaSan Diego6,590$29,8901.3
CaliforniaSan Francisco3,370$38,4600.9
CaliforniaSan Jose3,170$36,4700.9
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo710$29,450 2.1
CaliforniaSanta Ana6,820$31,9901.2
CaliforniaSanta Barbara840$30,9401.4
CaliforniaSanta Cruz550$35,8501.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa940$32,4401.4
CaliforniaStockton1,000$26,7401.3
CaliforniaVallejo1,130$47,080 2.7
CaliforniaVisalia840$27,6801.8
CaliforniaYuba City340$27,410 2.8
ColoradoBoulder600$32,9201.1
ColoradoColorado Springs890$28,7801
ColoradoDenver3,610$32,2600.8
ColoradoFort Collins530$32,5001.3
ColoradoGrand Junction140$30,2100.8
ColoradoGreeley260$30,3401
ColoradoPueblo270$28,2601.5
ConnecticutBridgeport1,280$35,0300.8
ConnecticutDanbury290$32,2701.2
ConnecticutHartford2,260$33,5501.1
ConnecticutNew Haven800$35,5900.8
ConnecticutNorwich430$30,0601
ConnecticutWaterbury350$31,1501.5
DelawareDover330$28,5601.9
DelawareWilmington720$31,7700.6
District of ColumbiaWashington5,090$34,0600.6
FloridaCape Coral1,240$29,7401.7
FloridaDeltona840$26,5101.5
FloridaFort Lauderdale3,550$29,1801.3
FloridaFort Walton Beach210$27,6100.8
FloridaGainesville660$26,8401.7
FloridaJacksonville2,860$28,2301.3
FloridaLakeland750$24,7501.1
FloridaMiami4,510$28,3501.2
FloridaNaples540$32,9901.3
FloridaOcala580$25,2701.8
FloridaOrlando3,980$27,7101
FloridaPalm Bay1,380$26,6802
FloridaPalm Coast100$26,860 2.6
FloridaPanama City180$24,6000.8
FloridaPensacola790$24,1401.5
FloridaPort St Lucie780$29,2301.8
FloridaPunta Gorda140$28,0901.1
FloridaSarasota950$29,3901
FloridaSebastian220$26,2201.4
FloridaTallahassee510$27,7300.9
FloridaTampa4,950$27,2201.1
FloridaWest Palm Beach3,080$30,0301.6
GeorgiaAlbany280$24,0201.4
GeorgiaAthens310$29,1601.2
GeorgiaAtlanta7,340$29,6900.8
GeorgiaAugusta1,190$27,1801.6
GeorgiaBrunswick70$24,8700.5
GeorgiaColumbus620$24,7201.6
GeorgiaDalton120$27,1400.5
GeorgiaGainesville370$31,0801.6
GeorgiaMacon610$26,2101.8
GeorgiaRome310$27,610 2.7
GeorgiaSavannah480$26,2900.9
GeorgiaValdosta250$26,0501.4
GeorgiaWarner Robins200$24,5901.2
HawaiiHonolulu2,110$30,8501.3
IdahoBoise1,030$32,7101.1
IdahoCoeur Dalene110$30,1100.6
IdahoLewiston50$28,2600.7
IdahoPocatello50$25,4400.5
IllinoisBloomington180$27,7700.8
IllinoisChampaign290$27,7500.9
IllinoisChicago10,290$31,0000.7
IllinoisDanville120$23,4901.6
IllinoisDecatur120$28,3600.8
IllinoisPeoria680$28,8201.1
IllinoisRockford260$28,7800.5
IllinoisSpringfield350$30,3201
IndianaAnderson120$26,2801
IndianaBloomington250$26,8701.1
IndianaColumbus90$29,2100.7
IndianaElkhart290$26,6000.6
IndianaEvansville540$24,7400.9
IndianaFort Wayne800$26,1501
IndianaGary1,340$26,2901.3
IndianaIndianapolis2,970$29,3300.9
IndianaKokomo110$30,8401
IndianaLafayette280$26,7601.1
IndianaMichigan City200$27,7201.5
IndianaMuncie370$25,020 2.6
IndianaSouth Bend510$27,3701.1
IndianaTerre Haute160$27,7900.7
IowaAmes90$29,5800.8
IowaCedar Rapids300$29,0800.6
IowaDes Moines970$31,3600.8
IowaDubuque120$28,8300.7
IowaIowa City390$29,8701.6
IowaSioux City210$25,2900.9
IowaWaterloo220$30,6700.8
KansasLawrence90$26,5500.6
KansasTopeka250$24,6100.7
KansasWichita940$25,0600.8
KentuckyBowling Green230$23,9401.2
KentuckyElizabethtown170$24,3201.2
KentuckyLexington700$29,9000.8
KentuckyLouisville2,600$28,7801.1
KentuckyOwensboro190$24,3801.2
LouisianaAlexandria180$23,4500.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge890$25,0900.7
LouisianaHouma260$22,8600.8
LouisianaLafayette250$24,9500.5
LouisianaLake Charles230$20,4400.8
LouisianaMonroe150$21,8100.6
LouisianaNew Orleans1,380$26,5400.7
LouisianaShreveport520$26,2200.8
MaineBangor280$28,6401.3
MaineLewiston240$27,7301.5
MainePortland660$32,5300.9
MarylandBaltimore3,990$30,5900.8
MarylandBethesda1,780$32,3300.8
MarylandCumberland90$21,2700.8
MarylandHagerstown390$28,0501.1
MarylandSalisbury140$27,0000.8
MassachusettsBarnstable Town310$36,8600.9
MassachusettsBoston6,410$35,7601
MassachusettsBrockton280$33,1800.9
MassachusettsFramingham290$36,6600.5
MassachusettsHaverhill250$31,5601
MassachusettsLawrence160$34,7300.9
MassachusettsLeominster170$30,6801.1
MassachusettsLowell400$34,6900.9
MassachusettsNew Bedford320$30,8601.5
MassachusettsPittsfield120$26,6901.2
MassachusettsSpringfield1,360$31,8601.2
MassachusettsTaunton120$29,0600.8
MassachusettsWorcester870$33,6701
MichiganAnn Arbor1,040$30,3501.8
MichiganBattle Creek250$29,1401.6
MichiganBay City90$23,6800.8
MichiganDetroit3,190$27,2401.2
MichiganFlint1,100$26,990 2.3
MichiganGrand Rapids1,200$28,0400.9
MichiganHolland390$29,4601.1
MichiganJackson310$30,1801.8
MichiganKalamazoo500$28,3701
MichiganLansing610$27,6700.9
MichiganMonroe170$27,9501.4
MichiganMuskegon280$27,1901.4
MichiganNiles240$29,5501.2
MichiganSaginaw620$24,820 2.4
MichiganWarren7,210$29,2101.7
MinnesotaDuluth410$29,1100.9
MinnesotaMinneapolis4,780$33,4400.7
MinnesotaRochester230$37,0800.7
MinnesotaSt Cloud190$30,4600.5
MississippiGulfport280$27,5200.7
MississippiHattiesburg250$23,5301.3
MississippiJackson400$26,0400.4
MississippiPascagoula140$25,4700.9
MissouriColumbia130$26,2400.5
MissouriJefferson City130$24,3900.6
MissouriJoplin330$25,0501.2
MissouriKansas City3,130$29,2900.8
MissouriSpringfield710$24,0101
MissouriSt Joseph80$27,0200.5
MissouriSt Louis5,030$27,6201
MontanaBillings220$27,6300.8
MontanaGreat Falls170$25,6901.6
MontanaMissoula80$28,6500.5
NebraskaLincoln590$26,8301
NebraskaOmaha1,840$29,1101.1
NevadaCarson City150$31,4501.8
NevadaLas Vegas2,890$32,4300.8
NevadaReno710$34,3401
New HampshireManchester220$30,4600.6
New HampshireNashua270$29,6100.6
New HampshirePortsmouth110$30,6200.6
New HampshireRochester160$29,5500.9
New JerseyAtlantic City330$28,0100.6
New JerseyCamden1,930$29,8601
New JerseyEdison2,870$32,7800.7
New JerseyNewark3,230$34,2300.9
New JerseyOcean City50$26,8100.4
New JerseyTrenton550$32,4600.7
New JerseyVineland240$29,2701.3
New MexicoAlbuquerque1,740$26,9601.2
New MexicoFarmington180$27,2201.1
New MexicoLas Cruces360$24,4801.8
New MexicoSanta Fe120$30,9300.6
New YorkAlbany650$31,0000.4
New YorkBinghamton240$24,8800.7
New YorkBuffalo1,090$29,0100.5
New YorkElmira50$23,9200.5
New YorkGlens Falls90$25,9100.5
New YorkIthaca50$28,1100.4
New YorkKingston120$28,5400.6
New YorkNassau4,550$31,8001
New YorkNew York12,080$32,6700.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie670$31,2000.8
New YorkRochester610$27,4900.3
New YorkSyracuse560$28,0700.5
New YorkUtica220$24,6700.5
North CarolinaAsheville810$27,2001.3
North CarolinaBurlington180$30,6100.9
North CarolinaCharlotte1,530$28,2800.5
North CarolinaDurham560$29,8700.6
North CarolinaFayetteville400$21,6000.9
North CarolinaGoldsboro110$23,7400.9
North CarolinaGreensboro1,100$29,4600.8
North CarolinaGreenville270$27,5201.1
North CarolinaHickory540$28,1200.9
North CarolinaJacksonville140$24,6901.1
North CarolinaRaleigh900$29,5900.5
North CarolinaRocky Mount140$25,2500.7
North CarolinaWilmington650$28,6901.3
North CarolinaWinston Salem570$29,2400.7
North DakotaBismarck140$27,1300.8
OhioAkron1,420$27,4101.2
OhioCanton930$26,2001.5
OhioCincinnati4,320$28,3401.1
OhioCleveland3,380$26,7400.9
OhioColumbus3,570$28,5701
OhioDayton1,720$27,3801.2
OhioLima280$28,9401.7
OhioMansfield140$28,2200.8
OhioSandusky130$28,5601.2
OhioSpringfield280$26,4101.9
OhioToledo1,050$28,4400.9
OhioYoungstown1,140$24,4501.4
OklahomaLawton170$21,0701.5
OklahomaOklahoma City2,540$25,2101.2
OklahomaTulsa1,530$27,1501
OregonBend320$30,4701.4
OregonCorvallis220$31,700 2.3
OregonEugene600$31,9701.1
OregonMedford580$29,850 2
OregonPortland4,360$32,8801.1
OregonSalem830$30,2601.6
PennsylvaniaAllentown1,560$27,0701.3
PennsylvaniaAltoona300$23,8101.5
PennsylvaniaErie620$24,3201.4
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,450$27,6601.3
PennsylvaniaLancaster620$27,2300.7
PennsylvaniaLebanon170$27,2701.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia8,590$30,0301.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh4,670$25,7701.1
PennsylvaniaReading460$27,3300.8
PennsylvaniaScranton540$27,9400.6
PennsylvaniaState College110$23,6200.6
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport150$34,1200.9
PennsylvaniaYork700$27,1301.1
Rhode IslandProvidence2,170$30,1001
South CarolinaAnderson370$26,8501.9
South CarolinaCharleston1,860$26,3301.8
South CarolinaColumbia960$29,3300.7
South CarolinaFlorence280$25,1101
South CarolinaGreenville1,480$27,9801.3
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach270$28,1700.7
South CarolinaSpartanburg280$27,5200.7
South CarolinaSumter120$23,3601.1
South DakotaRapid City220$25,6201.1
South DakotaSioux Falls310$25,8500.6
TennesseeChattanooga1,250$27,5301.5
TennesseeClarksville260$22,6401
TennesseeCleveland120$26,8901.1
TennesseeJackson300$23,5601.6
TennesseeJohnson City270$26,2101.1
TennesseeKingsport420$25,0401.1
TennesseeKnoxville1,290$26,5501.1
TennesseeMemphis2,790$26,7801.2
TennesseeMorristown150$24,5101
TennesseeNashville2,790$27,9301
TexasAbilene140$23,2000.7
TexasAustin2,730$28,4701
TexasBeaumont630$23,7801.1
TexasBrownsville590$23,9801.4
TexasCollege Station290$24,2101.1
TexasCorpus Christi810$22,8001.3
TexasDallas8,410$30,3301.1
TexasFort Worth2,930$27,4500.9
TexasHouston10,200$27,2601.1
TexasKilleen230$26,5900.6
TexasLaredo450$22,2401.6
TexasLongview180 0.6
TexasLubbock470$20,3601.1
TexasMcallen1,640$20,960 2.1
TexasMidland100$31,1000.5
TexasOdessa140$24,1600.8
TexasSan Angelo150$21,9401.2
TexasSan Antonio4,800$24,4301.5
TexasSherman230$26,9101.9
TexasTexarkana170$26,6401
TexasTyler570$26,6901.9
TexasVictoria80$23,3200.5
TexasWaco360$27,0601.1
TexasWichita Falls230$25,6201.2
UtahLogan120$23,6500.8
UtahOgden790$26,4601.1
UtahProvo810$24,2001.4
UtahSalt Lake City2,420$27,5201
UtahSt George480$27,620 3.1
VermontBurlington350$30,8100.9
VirginiaBlacksburg170$25,4200.9
VirginiaCharlottesville100$28,2100.3
VirginiaDanville30$23,1500.3
VirginiaHarrisonburg100$24,5300.6
VirginiaLynchburg170$26,0100.5
VirginiaRichmond1,490$29,1200.7
VirginiaRoanoke470$26,5300.8
VirginiaVirginia Beach3,070$26,1101.1
VirginiaWinchester120$27,5400.7
WashingtonBellingham240$30,8400.9
WashingtonBremerton430$32,2901.5
WashingtonKennewick310$29,3901
WashingtonLongview140$32,1501.4
WashingtonMount Vernon250$31,6401.8
WashingtonOlympia490$32,9201.5
WashingtonSeattle4,460$34,7300.8
WashingtonSpokane920$29,3401.2
WashingtonTacoma1,330$33,3001.4
WashingtonWenatchee220$29,8101.8
WashingtonYakima350$32,0401.3
West VirginiaCharleston720$24,2901.4
West VirginiaHuntington540$23,7301.4
West VirginiaMorgantown250$22,4101.7
West VirginiaParkersburg280$22,3601.2
West VirginiaWeirton80$22,7800.6
West VirginiaWheeling200$22,2701
WisconsinAppleton490$28,3401.2
WisconsinEau Claire380$29,0301.5
WisconsinFond60$30,3500.4
WisconsinGreen Bay560$28,5600.9
WisconsinJanesville360$29,4501.7
WisconsinLa Crosse310$27,8901.4
WisconsinMadison1,100$31,7400.9
WisconsinMilwaukee2,560$29,8700.8
WisconsinOshkosh470$27,8301.7
WisconsinRacine210$31,4900.8
WisconsinSheboygan220$30,6301.2
WisconsinWausau260$29,9501.2
WyomingCasper100$27,0400.8
WyomingCheyenne70$29,1900.5
 

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