State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Iowa, $45,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.6%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
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
Iowa
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $45,480
- p25
- $38,980
- p75
- $48,030
- p10
- $36,730
- p90
- $54,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.