State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Mississippi, $35,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 48.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.6%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+26.3%
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
Mississippi
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $35,360
- p25
- $31,200
- p75
- $38,190
- p10
- $29,210
- p90
- $45,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.