State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alabama vs Washington
Medical Assistants in Washington earn a median of $59,290. In Alabama, $36,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-26.6%
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
Washington
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $59,290
- p25
- $49,310
- p75
- $63,590
- p10
- $46,540
- p90
- $74,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.