State comparison · 2025
Medical Assistants salary: Missouri vs Washington
Medical Assistants in Washington earn a median of $59,290. In Missouri, $40,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.6% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.8%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Medical Assistants
- Median
- $40,440
- p25
- $37,380
- p75
- $46,600
- p10
- $35,810
- p90
- $48,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.