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Medical Assistants in Kentucky

Want to work in Kentucky as a Medical Assistant? Read this first!

23.3% Jobs Projection
$31,290 Median Salary
1,170 Job Openings

You’re in luck! Jobs for Medical Assistants in Kentucky are projected to grow and these jobs tend to pay higher than average.

  • Projected employment for Medical Assistants in Kentucky is growing faster than average.

  • Medical Assistants in Kentucky earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Medical Assistants Work in Kentucky?

8,970 people worked as Medical Assistants in 2018 in this state.

There were 8,640 Medical Assistants employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 330 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The amount of Medical Assistants working in the state is similar to the average state.

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Job Projections for Kentucky

Jobs for Medical Assistants in this state are growing at a rate of 23.3% which is slower than the nationwide estimated projection of 29.0%.

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Kentucky Annual Job Openings

The BLS is projecting 1,170 annual Medical Assistants job openings in Kentucky, and 10,210 total jobs in the year 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 94,900 annual jobs and 818,400 total jobs in 2026.

What do Medical Assistants Make in Kentucky?

In 2018 wages for Medical Assistants ranged from $23,230 to $40,900 with $31,290 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $11.17 to $19.66. The median hourly rate was $15.04.

In 2017 the median pay for this field was $14.52 an hour.

The hourly rate grew by $0.52.

The median salary in Kentucky is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Kentucky Metros for Medical Assistants

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Medical Assistants.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 4,620 $33,610
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 3,030 $33,460
Lexington-Fayette, KY 1,070 $33,240
Evansville, IN-KY 1,070 $33,940
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 740 $28,730
Bowling Green, KY 450 $29,740
Clarksville, TN-KY 430 $29,250
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY 310 $29,750
Owensboro, KY 250 $28,850

Top States for Medical Assistants Employment

View the list below to see where most Medical Assistants work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
California 92,960 $36,080
Texas 59,930 $31,030
Florida 55,330 $32,170
Pennsylvania 27,590 $31,830
New York 26,080 $36,640
Georgia 24,570 $31,790
Ohio 23,930 $31,680
Illinois 23,830 $34,640
Michigan 23,680 $31,900
New Jersey 19,110 $35,290
North Carolina 18,340 $32,710
Arizona 18,250 $32,880
Indiana 14,810 $32,110
Washington 14,450 $40,620
Virginia 14,170 $33,710
Tennessee 14,070 $31,220
Massachusetts 13,710 $39,240
Oregon 12,960 $38,200
Maryland 12,630 $35,270
Wisconsin 11,350 $36,430

Below are the states where Medical Assistants get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
Alaska $44,230
District of Columbia $41,500
Washington $40,620
Minnesota $39,880
Massachusetts $39,240
Oregon $38,200
Hawaii $37,420
Connecticut $36,950
New York $36,640
North Dakota $36,480

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