State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Idaho vs Washington
Medical Assistants in Washington earn a median of $59,290. In Idaho, $44,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.6%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $44,700
- p25
- $37,780
- p75
- $48,160
- p10
- $35,500
- p90
- $56,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.