State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Maryland, $46,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.1% — not 13.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+13.3%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+16.1%
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
Maryland
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $46,410
- p25
- $39,390
- p75
- $49,110
- p10
- $36,930
- p90
- $57,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.