State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Kentucky, $39,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 33.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.8%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
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
Kentucky
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $39,270
- p25
- $36,560
- p75
- $45,940
- p10
- $32,950
- p90
- $47,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.