State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Missouri, $40,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+15.2%
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
Missouri
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $40,440
- p25
- $37,380
- p75
- $46,600
- p10
- $35,810
- p90
- $48,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.