State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Maine
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Maine, $47,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 10.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.5%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+4.7%
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
Maine
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $47,580
- p25
- $45,420
- p75
- $51,460
- p10
- $40,220
- p90
- $59,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.