State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Pennsylvania, $43,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.7%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+14.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $43,920
- p25
- $38,950
- p75
- $46,490
- p10
- $36,810
- p90
- $48,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.