State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Minnesota, $50,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 4.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.1%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+0.3%
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
Minnesota
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $50,480
- p25
- $47,220
- p75
- $58,540
- p10
- $40,110
- p90
- $60,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.