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Medical assistant salary in Massachusetts

Open medical assistant jobs in Massachusetts post a median of $25 an hour, the middle half $23–$26.50 (about $52,000 a year full time), $1 above the national posted median. From 247 jobs at 24 employers that state their pay.

$25
Median posted /hr
$23–$27
Middle half /hr
$52,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$23.78
BLS median in MA
May 2025

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What medical assistants are paid in Massachusetts

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 247 open jobs in Massachusetts. Lowest posted $12, highest $49.54.

Posted on open jobs in Massachusetts

$23–$26.50/hr

Middle half of 68 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $25. 77% of the 319 open medical assistant jobs in Massachusetts state an hourly rate.

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Medical assistant pay by town in Massachusetts

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Boston$24.75$17.71–$31.4351 (6)
Worcester$25.75$12–$39.3416 (3)
Peabody$23.75$16–$29.6813 (5)
Burlington$23.50$16–$31.1613 (2)
Weymouth$25$22–$33.3010 (2)
Beverly$23.25$16.15–$29.687 (4)
Oak Bluffs$34.25$20.73–$49.546 (1)
Wellesley$23$16–$29.686 (3)
Concord$22.75$16–$296 (3)
Plymouth$25.75$16–$33.305 (2)
Shrewsbury$25.25$16–$32.945 (2)
Fall River$28.50$18–$28.854 (2)
Norwell$28.25$23.30–$33.304 (1)
Chelmsford$26.50$16–$30.824 (2)
Newburyport$25.25$21–$29.684 (1)
Attleboro$25$19.85–$30.054 (1)
Southbridge$24.50$16.54–$33.854 (1)
Medford$23.75$16–$294 (4)
Holyoke$25.75$22–$29.253 (1)
Quincy$25.50$16.15–$33.303 (2)
Amesbury$25.25$21–$29.683 (1)
Auburn$24.50$16–$323 (1)
Danvers$23.75$22–$27.713 (1)
Foxborough$23.50$22–$24.943 (1)
Saugus$23$18–$263 (2)
Braintree$22.50$16–$293 (3)
Cambridge$22.50$16–$28.263 (2)
Westborough$22.50$16–$32.943 (2)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Medical assistant pay by employer in Massachusetts

What each employer posts for medical assistants here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Beth Israel Lahey Health$24.75$21–$31.1643
Mass General Brigham$23.75$19.80–$49.5442
UnitedHealth Group$22.50$16–$3637
UMass Memorial Health$25.25$16.54–$39.3433
Tufts Medicine$25$20.12–$30.8221
South Shore Health$28.25$23.30–$33.3014
Boston Medical Center$26.50$18.27–$30.2011
Southcoast Health System$28.50$28.56–$28.858
Boston Children's Hospital$23.25$18.34–$29.496
Emerson Hospital$23$18–$276
Sturdy Health$25$19.85–$30.054
PM Pediatric Care$22$18–$264
Health Imperatives$31$29.10–$323
Holyoke Medical Center$25.75$22–$29.253
MerrimackHealth$25.50$20.48–$31.182
Erickson Senior Living$23$20–$252
Advocates$25$23–$271
North Shore Community Health$25$251
ConvenientMD$24$20.22–$28.021
Signature Healthcare$24$20–$281
HealthQ$22.25$20.26–$24.311
Hilltown Community Health Center$19.50$18–$211
HealthFirst Family Care Center$18$181
Tenet Healthcare$14.25$12–$16.611

Median of each employer's jobs in Massachusetts (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for medical assistants nationwide when it has such a page.

Jobs that state a yearly salary

Measured on their own, never converted to hourly.

11 open jobs in Massachusetts state a yearly salary: a median of $56,400, the middle half $55,000 to $56,700.

Best-paid open medical assistant jobs in Massachusetts

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Massachusetts

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Massachusetts. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Medical Assistants (31-9092)$20.81 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.56 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$23.78 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$27.93 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$29.75 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)14,880 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Medical assistant salary in Massachusetts: common questions

How much does a medical assistant make in Massachusetts?

Open medical assistant jobs in Massachusetts that state an hourly rate post a median of $25, the middle half $23–$26.50 (247 jobs from 24 employers). Full time that is about $52,000 a year. BLS measured a median of $23.78/hr ($49,460 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Massachusetts (May 2025).

Where in Massachusetts do medical assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Boston ($24.75), Worcester ($25.75), Peabody ($23.75) and Burlington ($23.50). The town table lists 28.

Which employers in Massachusetts pay medical assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Health Imperatives ($31), Southcoast Health System ($28.50) and South Shore Health ($28.25).

How does Massachusetts compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Massachusetts ($25) is $1 above the national posted median of $24. In the BLS survey Massachusetts ranks 7 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 247 of 319 open medical assistant jobs in Massachusetts (77%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Medical assistant pay in other states

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Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants (SOC 31-9092), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medical assistant salary in Massachusetts. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medical-assistant/massachusetts

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