Medical Assistant salary
What a medical assistant actually earns, from 288 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
Switch the market above to see medical assistant pay in the 2 countries our sources cover, each with its own cost of living. The trend, seniority, and state detail below are United States data, where the official record runs deepest.
What the number means
A medical assistant earns a blended US median near 51,216 dollars, with the typical middle running from 46,021 dollars to 56,961 dollars. The official OEWS median is 44,200 dollars, under the posted figure, because the advertised roles skew senior or well-funded. The official trend has moved up about 27 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is registered nurse, at 80 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open medical assistant roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
- Med. Praxisassistent*in / Fachperson Gesundheit Endokrinologie/Diabetologie/Porphyrie at Stadtspital ZürichZürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Assistant Médical CFC en Gynécologie – Région de la Broye at HE Helvetic Emploi Sud Romand SAPayerne, Vaud, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Medizinische Praxisassistent/in MPA 80-100% für Güttingen gesucht – Dein Beitrag zur professionellen Patientenbetreuung at MediPersonalGüttingen, Thurgau, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Medizinische Praxisassistent/in MPA 80-100% für Vaduz gesucht – Dein Beitrag zur professionellen Patientenbetreuung at MediPersonalVaduz, FL, Switzerland1d agoApply
- MPA für das Endoskopiezentrum 40-100% at Universitätsspital ZürichZürich, Zürich, Switzerland1d agoApply
- Advanced Medical Support Assistant-Primary Care at Veterans Health AdministrationChillicothe, Ohio$49k–$64k2d agoApply
By country
- United States$46,021$51,216$56,961
- United Kingdom$39,620$54,629$63,143
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 6'203/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 32 Assistenzberufe im Gesundheitswesen: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 74'436 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Washington$55,120
- Alaska$51,860
- Oregon$49,900
- Minnesota$49,380
- Hawaii$48,820
- Massachusetts$48,540
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a medical assistant profile already covers.
- 600 open physician roles$268,000 median · +$216,784 · 76% readiness
- 118 open pharmacist roles$153,453 median · +$102,237 · 55% readiness
- 600 open nurse practitioner roles$136,275 median · +$85,059 · 64% readiness
- 600 open registered nurse roles$112,381 median · +$61,165 · 80% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a medical assistant.
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Related salaries
- Registered Nurse salary$112,381 median
- Physician salary$268,000 median
- Pharmacist salary$153,453 median
Quick answers
How much does a medical assistant make?
The blended US median is about 51,216 dollars, with a typical range from 46,021 dollars to 56,961 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 44,200 dollars.
Is medical assistant a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a medical assistant move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is registered nurse, at 80 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 31-9092. Unemployment is the 2025 BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) CPS (Current Population Survey) annual-average rate for “Medical assistants.” Live corpus 288 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.