State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In New Mexico, $39,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
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
New Mexico
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $39,230
- p25
- $37,240
- p75
- $45,970
- p10
- $34,600
- p90
- $47,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.