State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Arizona
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Arizona, $45,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 14.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.4%
Alaska vs Arizona
COL-adjusted gap
+12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Arizona
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $45,940
- p25
- $40,370
- p75
- $48,450
- p10
- $38,100
- p90
- $51,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.