DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

31-9092 Medical Assistants

Occupational Description:
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician. Excludes ?Physician Assistants? (29-1071).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Northeast Minnesota 700161$20.18/hr$0.42/hr$14.91/hr$17.23/hr$19.88/hr$23.44/hr$26.49/hr
Minnesota 9,9501,682$20.41/hr$0.14/hr$16.17/hr$17.80/hr$20.35/hr$23.32/hr$25.40/hr
U S 712,4305,699$17.48/hr$0.03/hr$12.63/hr$14.41/hr$17.03/hr$19.71/hr$23.85/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Medical Assistants
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Education and Health Services700$19.88/hr
Other Regional Data For Medical Assistants
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2022 - 2032
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 6,280 $20.68/hr 11.8%
Northeast Minnesota 700 $19.88/hr 13.7%
Central Minnesota 690 $18.75/hr 14.8%
Southwest Minnesota 610 $18.99/hr 12.4%
Northwest Minnesota 470 $19.27/hr 13.0%
Southeast Minnesota N/A $20.83/hr 15.4%
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