Medical Assistant Salary 2026: CMA Cert, Specialty, RN Bridge

TL;DR — Medical Assistant Salary national + state, real-wage adjusted

National distribution where the spread is

Where the spread is.

FIG. 02 · National distribution · SOC 31-9092 n = $793,460 workers

P50 $44,200

$35,020P10 P25 $37,610 P75 $48,160 P90$57,830

The amber band is the 10th-to-90th percentile. The thicker inner band is the central half — half of all MAs in the federal sample earn between $37,610 and $48,160 in nominal W-2 wages.

State-by-state — ranked by real P50 P50 wage from BLS OEWS · real wage divides nominal by state RPP

The same job, fifty-one wages.

Sorted by real P50 descending. Real wage is the BLS nominal P50 divided by the state's BEA RPP — the dollar that buys the same basket as the national average. Each row links to the full state page.

Rank	ST	State	Real P50	Nom. P50	RPP	Emp
01	WI	Wisconsin	$51,073▲7%	$47,610	93.2	13K
02	NE	Nebraska	$51,037▲11%	$46,080	90.3	3K
03	WA	Washington	$50,863▼8%	$55,120	108.4	18K
04	MN	Minnesota	$50,233▲2%	$49,380	98.3	10K
05	AK	Alaska	$50,205▼3%	$51,860	103.3	2K
06	MT	Montana	$49,926▲10%	$45,440	91	2K
07	IA	Iowa	$49,195▲13%	$43,670	88.8	5K
08	OR	Oregon	$47,609▼5%	$49,900	104.8	12K
· · · · · 38 states omitted · · · · ·
47	MS	Mississippi	$40,096▲15%	$34,800	86.8	4K
48	TX	Texas	$40,076▲3%	$38,930	97.1	72K
49	WV	West Virginia	$40,008▲12%	$35,860	89.6	5K
50	FL	Florida	$39,928▼4%	$41,380	103.6	60K
51	AL	Alabama	$39,261▲12%	$34,980	89.1	13K
RPP source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2023 release. P10–P90 from BLS OEWS May 2024.				Real P50 = Nominal P50 × (100 / RPP)

All 51 state pages P10–P90 + RPP per state

FIG. · MEDICAL ASSISTANT · REAL P50 BY STATE n = 51 jurisdictions · darker = higher

AK 50K ME 48K VT 47K NH 46K WA 51K ID 47K MT 50K ND 47K MN 50K WI 51K MI 41K NY 43K MA 45K RI 45K OR 48K NV 44K WY 43K SD 45K IA 49K IL 46K IN 46K OH 44K PA 44K NJ 42K CT 45K CA 43K UT 45K CO 46K NE 51K MO 43K KY 43K WV 40K VA 42K MD 43K DE 42K DC 45K AZ 45K NM 43K KS 43K AR 43K TN 41K NC 45K SC 42K HI 45K TX 40K OK 42K LA 40K MS 40K AL 39K GA 40K FL 40K

Real P50 (BLS ÷ RPP)

Top 20% $49K+

60–80% $46K

40–60% $44K

20–40% $42K

Bottom 20% $39K

Each tile shows the BLS OEWS P50 wage divided by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity (real take-home, normalized to US-100). Darker amber = higher real wage. Click any tile for the full state page with P10–P90 percentiles, RPP, and rank. Source: BLS OEWS May 2024 + BEA RPP 2023.

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Medical Assistant Salary 2026 — CMA vs RMA Premium, Specialty Practice, RN Bridge ROI, by State

Where the spread is.

The same job, fifty-one wages.