Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Medical Assistant Pay in the Southwestern U.S.

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data published this past spring showed just over 710,000 medical assistants (MAs) at work in the United States as of May 2020.  The four-state Southwestern U.S. held over 108,000 of those MA jobs.  BLS data shows the Southwest to be one of the weakest ones in the country for medical assistant pay, as no state in the region registered a MA annual mean wage level that topped the national average for medical assistants.  In fact, three states in the region ranked among the fifteen worst states in the nation for medical assistant annual mean wages.  BLS data reveals the following detail about medical assistant pay in the Southwestern U.S. as of May 2020:

Medical Assistant Pay in the Southwestern U.S.

Medical Assistant Pay in the Southwestern U.S.


State # Employed Annual Mean Wages Wage Rank*
AZ 19,460 $35,670 27th
NM 7,230 $32,340 43rd
OK 8,960 $31,790 46th
TX 72,640 $33,700 39th
U.S. 710,200 $36,930 -------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 15, 2021

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