State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Massachusetts, $49,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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
Massachusetts
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $49,460
- p25
- $46,910
- p75
- $58,100
- p10
- $43,280
- p90
- $61,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.