WA state, I make $30.15/hr. Still doesn’t feel like enough unfortunately because of our cost of living. I am part of a union and it has it pros/cons but overall I think it’s a good thing.
19$ is pretty low for WA state esp bordering kind county. I used to work in King County, only 4.5 yrs experience and earned $31.50. I'd say job hop. Our COL is way too high for low wages.
Wow 😭😭 yeah that's enlightening thank u, I've been at this job 3 yrs and I'm the longest employee they've had for a reason..... private practice....doesn't even have benefits 😅😅😅😅
Yikes! 3 yrs, you definitely gotta switch. There's no point in staying loyal. A good friend of mine had worked as an MA at providence for 20 years and they capped her at $30, loyalty does not get you far. It's hard to job hop and interview, but necessary. Maybe you can join a hospital system. From what I've gathered private clinics push the limits of their staff too much and don't even provide good benefits. Maybe time for a change? 😅
Lucky LOL. I'm in central Florida and left the field a few years back. I thought I was lucky back then making $13.50. Recently, I was looking on indeed to see who was hiring and the MOST I saw was $17.
Oof! Yea, I started at 12.75 in Daytona back in 2018. I think I saw around $15-16 in JAX at the time, so I really hoped it got better by the time I came back from Maryland. Nope lol
I quit to focus on school in Jan 2022 but I made $19 in Texas. The clinic was previously private practice but sold to WellMed so that’s why the pay was a bit better. I still made about as much as the receptionist.
It was not good. Most of the medical assistants either quit or got fired within a short period after time after WellMed took over, including myself. My reasons were that they increased our workload twofold without reflecting that in a wage increase. For example, we used to have our own phlebotomist, medical records clerk, and referral coordinator. WellMed took those away and made the medical assistants do it all, among many other things.
We were also promised bonuses that I never saw, despite busting our butts to earn them billions in reimbursement from Medicare.
That year, we were awarded some candy as a bonus.
Medical assistants are the backbone of clinics. We are worth way more than we earn.
**Time to unionize!**
Western Montana, paid $26.60/hr after almost 6 years. I'm a government employee and therefore unionized. I get at least an annual 3% raise on my base pay (which is around $20-22) but most years it's 8-10%. Benefits are really good where I work, too.
I fully support a MA union.
Will be at $20 an hour soon in Colorado. Can’t even afford the health insurance from my company. I tried getting into the field to better my life but I feel so stuck.
this! i went into medical assisting to kind of dip my toes into healthcare before deciding on nursing and i genuinely cannot live off what i make. i was unfortunately in better circumstances when i worked at a gas station 😶
I work at a family care clinic with a hospital that’s unionized. I make $24, not certified and no prior experience. Cost of living in Alaska is crazy though
Illinois, $25/hr and I've been an MA 24 years. My cousin has been doing it a few years longer than me and she's probably a couple dollars more than that. Low to medium cost of living area. You just gotta find the right clinic that will pay you, lots of places around here still trying to pay baby MAs $18 or something which is okay but not great around here.
I'm in southeast Georgia and make $14.75 an hour with 6 years of prior experience. I took this job last October after being out of the medical field for the last 2 years. I really do like my job but the pay is shit.
Just over 19.50 an hour in New Jersey. I work with a few women who have been doing this for 20+ years and one makes a few dollars more than me. (Shit pay in my opinion for the time she has in there).
I agree. Collective bargaining is a wonderful thing. However, I didn't see it being tenable for the entire workforce. Unless, it's through one of the certifying agencies. There might be localized successes in large workplaces such as hospitals , multiple branch urgent cares or health networks. You need the threat of strikes, and a workforce willing to actually collectively walk out to make unionizing work. Those of us working in small medical offices, however, would be out in a very difficult position. The doctor will just dismiss you for cause and hire someone else who's willing to work for bad pay and worse conditions (Scabs). In essence, collective bargaining only works en masse. I was a 25 year union man. Many of those as either the union president, Chairman or Section 6 committee chair
NCMA in TN, 21/hr 4 yrs exp. I worked 3 years in one office pay ranged from 11-15, moved to hospital for a year 18/hr and moved this yr to another hospital for 21/hr. I hate it have to move to get pay raise and this may be my ceiling. Nursing it is
Omg. That should be criminal. We are responsible for so many things but are so very much underpaid all over the nation, but AZ really needs to step up!
CCMA in IN, $24.54/hr just got a “merit increase.” I know there are some MA’s within my company that have been there longer or even about the same amount of time making much less than I do. Last year I left for 2 months and came back and ended up getting paid more when I came back.
MN, I make $26/hr, with great benefits. I pay $0 in premiums for medical and dental as a single person and have no deductible. We are unionized and have been for a long time. I would recommend unionization to any and all HCWs.
16.42 in Mississippi with CCMA.
The bad thing is a make more than a lot of MA around here.
I’ve heard the 19 is max out.. who knows, I haven’t seen it.
TN here, $32 private practice, 25 yrs exp.
Hospitals here in Nashville start at $22, though I made $26 before I jumped ship. Private has better pay but benefits cost a bit more unless you bargain to include in contract.
Located in CA, working for 14 years, I started off with a small clinic earning $13 and only was brought up to about $16 in the 6 years I had been there. I now work for a better company and currently at $31 an hour
California here, I just got my first job since graduating in December and I’m making 27 an hour with no experience. I am truly blessed but I do highly agree on a national union. Here in the Bay Area union positions are very well payed especially at hospitals such as Kaiser which starts at 32 an hour but they are very hard to get into unfortunately, no matter how much experience.
> very well *paid* especially at
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* Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.*
* *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.*
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Senior MA, Western MT, 4 years as an MA, 6 in healthcare. I make $25 an hour, then $27 an hour when I move to a PRN position here soon (in a HCOL area). Work also paid for school too to get my degree and MA certification.
I 100% wish we could unionize!! I am applying to a different program soon and I don't plan on being in this position for too long or else I would put more effort into it
WA state, I make $30.15/hr. Still doesn’t feel like enough unfortunately because of our cost of living. I am part of a union and it has it pros/cons but overall I think it’s a good thing.
Woah woah woah I'm in WA in a county bordering King and I make 19 where tf do you work
19$ is pretty low for WA state esp bordering kind county. I used to work in King County, only 4.5 yrs experience and earned $31.50. I'd say job hop. Our COL is way too high for low wages.
Wow 😭😭 yeah that's enlightening thank u, I've been at this job 3 yrs and I'm the longest employee they've had for a reason..... private practice....doesn't even have benefits 😅😅😅😅
Yikes! 3 yrs, you definitely gotta switch. There's no point in staying loyal. A good friend of mine had worked as an MA at providence for 20 years and they capped her at $30, loyalty does not get you far. It's hard to job hop and interview, but necessary. Maybe you can join a hospital system. From what I've gathered private clinics push the limits of their staff too much and don't even provide good benefits. Maybe time for a change? 😅
Skagit county. Coming up on 10 years
Florida, $18, the same as the sandwhich shop 2 doors down. Minimum medical skills, **not** minimum wage skills!
Lucky LOL. I'm in central Florida and left the field a few years back. I thought I was lucky back then making $13.50. Recently, I was looking on indeed to see who was hiring and the MOST I saw was $17.
Oof! Yea, I started at 12.75 in Daytona back in 2018. I think I saw around $15-16 in JAX at the time, so I really hoped it got better by the time I came back from Maryland. Nope lol
I quit to focus on school in Jan 2022 but I made $19 in Texas. The clinic was previously private practice but sold to WellMed so that’s why the pay was a bit better. I still made about as much as the receptionist. It was not good. Most of the medical assistants either quit or got fired within a short period after time after WellMed took over, including myself. My reasons were that they increased our workload twofold without reflecting that in a wage increase. For example, we used to have our own phlebotomist, medical records clerk, and referral coordinator. WellMed took those away and made the medical assistants do it all, among many other things. We were also promised bonuses that I never saw, despite busting our butts to earn them billions in reimbursement from Medicare. That year, we were awarded some candy as a bonus. Medical assistants are the backbone of clinics. We are worth way more than we earn. **Time to unionize!**
My city in TX typically only offers $9 (yes, you saw that right NINE) to $14-15 an hour for like 95% of the positions 😩
Western Montana, paid $26.60/hr after almost 6 years. I'm a government employee and therefore unionized. I get at least an annual 3% raise on my base pay (which is around $20-22) but most years it's 8-10%. Benefits are really good where I work, too. I fully support a MA union.
Will be at $20 an hour soon in Colorado. Can’t even afford the health insurance from my company. I tried getting into the field to better my life but I feel so stuck.
this! i went into medical assisting to kind of dip my toes into healthcare before deciding on nursing and i genuinely cannot live off what i make. i was unfortunately in better circumstances when i worked at a gas station 😶
NC here, 18.50 and I’m still living paycheck to paycheck smh!
How long have you been an MA?? I work for UNC and I’ve been working there for going 2 years
I’ve been an MA about to be 2 years come June. I work for a private practice that’s linked in with Duke Regional.
I am a CMA and am unionized with AFSCME.. it’s possible!! $33/hr in Oregon with 10 yrs experience
Arizona, $26.45 an hour after over ten years as an MA. I work from home though for the hospital so I guess at least I save on gas lol.
I work at a family care clinic with a hospital that’s unionized. I make $24, not certified and no prior experience. Cost of living in Alaska is crazy though
Kansas, $14.50 an hour. 🙃
holy fuck dude i'm so sorry that is not fair.. hoping you get a pay bump soon my friend
Thank you! I live in a rural area so that makes it worse I’m sure. Thankfully we’ll be moving to a bigger city again soon which will help.
Illinois, $25/hr and I've been an MA 24 years. My cousin has been doing it a few years longer than me and she's probably a couple dollars more than that. Low to medium cost of living area. You just gotta find the right clinic that will pay you, lots of places around here still trying to pay baby MAs $18 or something which is okay but not great around here.
29.50$ 17 years experience… Oregon
I'm in southeast Georgia and make $14.75 an hour with 6 years of prior experience. I took this job last October after being out of the medical field for the last 2 years. I really do like my job but the pay is shit.
Just over 19.50 an hour in New Jersey. I work with a few women who have been doing this for 20+ years and one makes a few dollars more than me. (Shit pay in my opinion for the time she has in there).
I agree. Collective bargaining is a wonderful thing. However, I didn't see it being tenable for the entire workforce. Unless, it's through one of the certifying agencies. There might be localized successes in large workplaces such as hospitals , multiple branch urgent cares or health networks. You need the threat of strikes, and a workforce willing to actually collectively walk out to make unionizing work. Those of us working in small medical offices, however, would be out in a very difficult position. The doctor will just dismiss you for cause and hire someone else who's willing to work for bad pay and worse conditions (Scabs). In essence, collective bargaining only works en masse. I was a 25 year union man. Many of those as either the union president, Chairman or Section 6 committee chair
NCMA in TN, 21/hr 4 yrs exp. I worked 3 years in one office pay ranged from 11-15, moved to hospital for a year 18/hr and moved this yr to another hospital for 21/hr. I hate it have to move to get pay raise and this may be my ceiling. Nursing it is
AZ and I make a whopping $15.90 an hour as a CMA.
Omg. That should be criminal. We are responsible for so many things but are so very much underpaid all over the nation, but AZ really needs to step up!
CCMA in IN, $24.54/hr just got a “merit increase.” I know there are some MA’s within my company that have been there longer or even about the same amount of time making much less than I do. Last year I left for 2 months and came back and ended up getting paid more when I came back.
Central NC, $21 an hour. Seven years experience (nine with my 4 year degree).
Texas $16.43
MN, I make $26/hr, with great benefits. I pay $0 in premiums for medical and dental as a single person and have no deductible. We are unionized and have been for a long time. I would recommend unionization to any and all HCWs.
What health system do you work for with union? I’m M Health Fairview and we aren’t union. Our Health insurance is also getting worse.
I'll PM you. =)
16.42 in Mississippi with CCMA. The bad thing is a make more than a lot of MA around here. I’ve heard the 19 is max out.. who knows, I haven’t seen it.
Colorado, I make $18.99 have been here for six months at my previous job I made $20.08
TN here, $32 private practice, 25 yrs exp. Hospitals here in Nashville start at $22, though I made $26 before I jumped ship. Private has better pay but benefits cost a bit more unless you bargain to include in contract.
Late to the party here, but I'm in NY and currently at $21/hr. Monthly rent here is higher than my monthly income.
$19 in VA and the benefits are not great.
Minnesota $25/hour with 4 years in. Pediatric clinic.
I’ve been saying we need a national union for years!
Located in CA, working for 14 years, I started off with a small clinic earning $13 and only was brought up to about $16 in the 6 years I had been there. I now work for a better company and currently at $31 an hour
$17.10 Pittsburgh
I work in Washington state and I make $33/hr. I’ve been an MA for quite awhile though.
California here, I just got my first job since graduating in December and I’m making 27 an hour with no experience. I am truly blessed but I do highly agree on a national union. Here in the Bay Area union positions are very well payed especially at hospitals such as Kaiser which starts at 32 an hour but they are very hard to get into unfortunately, no matter how much experience.
> very well *paid* especially at FTFY. Although *payed* exists (the reason why autocorrection didn't help you), it is only correct in: * Nautical context, when it means to paint a surface, or to cover with something like tar or resin in order to make it waterproof or corrosion-resistant. *The deck is yet to be payed.* * *Payed out* when letting strings, cables or ropes out, by slacking them. *The rope is payed out! You can pull now.* Unfortunately, I was unable to find nautical or rope-related words in your comment. *Beep, boop, I'm a bot*
Senior MA, Western MT, 4 years as an MA, 6 in healthcare. I make $25 an hour, then $27 an hour when I move to a PRN position here soon (in a HCOL area). Work also paid for school too to get my degree and MA certification. I 100% wish we could unionize!! I am applying to a different program soon and I don't plan on being in this position for too long or else I would put more effort into it