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
Fargo ND-MN MSA12028$18.97/hr$0.47/hr$15.75/hr$16.98/hr$18.79/hr$21.09/hr$23.90/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 Services120$18.84/hr
Other Regional Data For Medical Assistants
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 6,740 $20.53/hr N/A
Duluth MN-WI MSA 690 $19.75/hr N/A
Southeast Balance of State 460 $18.95/hr N/A
Northwest Balance of State 430 $19.26/hr N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA 380 $17.70/hr N/A
Southwest Balance of State 320 $17.81/hr N/A
St Cloud MN MSA 250 $18.65/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA 230 $19.17/hr N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA 120 $18.79/hr N/A
Northeast Balance of State 80 $20.55/hr N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 60 N/A N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A $21.58/hr N/A
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