State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Michigan, $39,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.8%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+23.8%
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
Michigan
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $39,870
- p25
- $37,420
- p75
- $46,020
- p10
- $35,000
- p90
- $48,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.