State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Montana
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Montana, $46,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 12.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+12.3%
Alaska vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+3.7%
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
Montana
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $46,820
- p25
- $40,900
- p75
- $48,960
- p10
- $38,670
- p90
- $56,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.