State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Medical Assistants in Washington earn a median of $59,290. In Massachusetts, $49,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 16.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.6%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $49,460
- p25
- $46,910
- p75
- $58,100
- p10
- $43,280
- p90
- $61,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.