State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alabama vs Alaska
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Alabama, $36,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.3%
Alabama vs Alaska
COL-adjusted gap
-20.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $36,100
- p25
- $32,390
- p75
- $38,360
- p10
- $29,630
- p90
- $45,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Alaska
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $52,560
- p25
- $48,930
- p75
- $61,510
- p10
- $46,060
- p90
- $65,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.