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Medical Assistant Salary & Career Guide

What 907 live Medical Assistant postings ask for and pay: salary by years of experience, skills, education and the employers hiring.

Open roles
907
Employers
117
Remote
1%
Typical pay
$38k–68k
Verified live (7d)
763

Pay is advertised by 57% of these postings (514 of 907 in USD), so read it as what is offered rather than what is paid.

Pay by experience

Median advertised base, from postings that disclosed a range in USD · pick a band to read the rest of this page for it

ExperienceMedianPostings
0–2 years$44k210
3–5 years$43k64
6–9 years$41k21
10+ years$44k21

What skills do medical assistant jobs ask for?

Across 390 medical assistant postings that named at least one skill

HIPAA is named by 52% of the 390 medical assistant postings that name any skill. OSHA follows at 31%.

  • HIPAA52%
  • OSHA31%
  • Google Docs16%
  • Google Gmail16%
  • Google Sheets16%
  • Front Desk14%
  • IBM Lotus Notes0.8%

How much experience do medical assistant jobs ask for?

Minimum years named in the posting · 512 postings stated one

0–2 years is the most common minimum, named by 77% of the 512 medical assistant postings that state one.

0–2 years
77%
3–5 years
15%
6–9 years
4.1%
10+ years
4.7%

Are medical assistant jobs remote?

Where the work is done · 878 postings stated one

0.8% of the 878 medical assistant postings that say where the work happens are remote, against 0.2% hybrid and 99% on-site.

Remote
0.8%
Hybrid
0.2%
On-site
99%

Do medical assistant jobs need a degree?

The floor the posting sets · 519 postings stated one

High school is the most common floor, set by 98% of the 519 medical assistant postings that state one.

High school
98%
Associate
1.4%
Bachelor's
0.6%

Employment type

How the role is engaged · 565 postings stated one

Full-time
87%
Part-time
13%
Contract
0.4%

Employers hiring for this

Currently open

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