State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Arkansas, $37,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 39.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.2%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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
Arkansas
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $37,760
- p25
- $35,700
- p75
- $42,900
- p10
- $30,840
- p90
- $46,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.