State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Oklahoma
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Oklahoma, $38,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
Alaska vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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
Oklahoma
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $38,750
- p25
- $36,600
- p75
- $45,630
- p10
- $31,880
- p90
- $47,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.