Medical assistants

The median annual salary for Medical assistants in the US is $44,200.

The role is projected to grow 12% over the next decade (faster than average). Current US employment is approximately 811,000 workers.

The typical entry education is a Postsecondary nondegree award. Building a foundation in the top skills below will strengthen your application.

The most in-demand skills for this role include techniques of blood-sampling, health care legislation, medical terminology, surgical asepsis, administrative tasks in a medical environment, health records management. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives Medical assistants a score of 0.48 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.

Medical assistants has low barrier to entry — generally accessible — you can enter with basic credentials and on-the-job learning.