State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Tennessee, $39,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.8%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19.2%
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
Tennessee
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $39,570
- p25
- $37,160
- p75
- $45,580
- p10
- $34,840
- p90
- $48,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.