State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In North Dakota, $45,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.3%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.6%
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
North Dakota
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $45,980
- p25
- $39,090
- p75
- $54,620
- p10
- $37,650
- p90
- $58,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.