State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Idaho, $44,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+9.7%
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
Idaho
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $44,700
- p25
- $37,780
- p75
- $48,160
- p10
- $35,500
- p90
- $56,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.