State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Louisiana, $36,320. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.6% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.7%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+24.6%
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
Louisiana
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $36,320
- p25
- $32,020
- p75
- $38,550
- p10
- $28,970
- p90
- $44,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.