State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Alaska vs Utah
Medical Assistants in Alaska earn a median of $52,560. In Utah, $45,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 15.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.9%
Alaska vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+11.9%
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
Utah
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $45,360
- p25
- $38,460
- p75
- $48,170
- p10
- $35,890
- p90
- $56,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.