State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Delaware vs Washington
Medical Assistants in Washington earn a median of $59,290. In Delaware, $44,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
-25%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $44,490
- p25
- $38,750
- p75
- $46,890
- p10
- $36,540
- p90
- $57,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
Washington
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $59,290
- p25
- $49,310
- p75
- $63,590
- p10
- $46,540
- p90
- $74,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.