 Employment
and Earnings
Medical assistants
hold about 483,600 jobs in the United States. About 62 percent work in
offices of physicians; 13 percent work in public and private hospitals,
including inpatient and outpatient facilities; and 11 percent work in
offices of other health practitioners, such as chiropractors,
optometrists, and podiatrists. Most of the remainder work in other
health care industries such as outpatient care centers and nursing and
residential care facilities.
The earnings of medical
assistants vary, depending on their experience, skill level, and
location. Median annual earnings of wage-and-salary medical assistants
are about $26,300. The middle 50 percent earned between $23,700 and
$33,050. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $20,600, and the highest
10 percent earned more than $39,570. Median annual wages in the
industries employing the largest numbers of medical assistants are
about:
|
General
medical and surgical hospitals |
$29,720 |
|
Colleges,
universities, and professional schools |
28,820 |
|
Offices of
physicians |
28,710 |
|
Outpatient
care centers |
28,570 |
|
Offices of
other health practitioners |
25,240 |
Note: Some resources in this section are provided by the US Department
of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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