State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Colorado, $48,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.3% — not 8.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.6%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+9.3%
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
Colorado
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $48,400
- p25
- $45,280
- p75
- $55,570
- p10
- $39,130
- p90
- $59,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.