Medical assistant salary in New Jersey

Open medical assistant jobs in New Jersey post a median of $24 an hour, the middle half $22.50–$26.25 (about $49,900 a year full time), the same as the national posted median. From 231 jobs at 26 employers that state their pay.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median in NJ

May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medical assistant jobs in New Jersey · Medical assistant pay nationwide

What medical assistants are paid in New Jersey

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

Posted hourly rates of 231 open jobs in New Jersey. Lowest posted $16, highest $42.35.

Posted on open jobs in New Jersey

$22.50–$26.25/hr

Middle half of 53 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $24. 79% of the 292 open medical assistant jobs in New Jersey state an hourly rate.

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Medical assistant pay by town in New Jersey

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

Town	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs (employers)
Morristown	$26.75	$20.05–$41.57	28 (2)
Hackensack	$24	$20–$27.07	21 (3)
Paramus	$24.50	$20–$35.17	17 (5)
Neptune City	$23.75	$21.70–$24.51	11 (1)
Clifton	$24.50	$21.90–$27.37	9 (4)
Edison Township	$23	$20.97–$34.64	8 (3)
North Bergen Township	$24.50	$23.68–$35.17	7 (1)
Manahawkin	$23.75	$16.15–$29.07	7 (3)
Vineland	$23.25	$19.92–$26.81	7 (1)
Summit	$25.50	$20–$34.64	6 (2)
Egg Harbor Township	$25.50	$20.04–$29.35	5 (2)
Livingston Township	$25.25	$21.48–$29.90	5 (2)
Toms River Township	$24	$21–$29.35	5 (4)
Mullica Hill	$23.25	$19.92–$26.81	5 (1)
Hoboken	$26.50	$23.06–$29.90	4 (3)
Jersey City	$25.50	$20.58–$29.90	4 (3)
Montvale	$25.25	$22.99–$28.74	4 (2)
Fair Lawn	$24.75	$22.02–$27.07	4 (2)
Berkeley Heights Township	$24.50	$22.02–$27.07	4 (1)
Florham Park	$24.25	$20.58–$27.07	4 (1)
New Providence	$23.50	$19.95–$27.07	4 (2)
Brick Township	$22.75	$18–$26	4 (2)
Iselin	$22.75	$21.70–$23.68	4 (1)
Phillipsburg	$22	$17.20–$26.85	4 (1)
Englewood	$25.75	$22.02–$27.75	3 (2)
Ridgewood	$25.75	$22.99–$28.74	3 (1)
Old Bridge Township	$25	$23.06–$29.35	3 (2)
Tinton Falls	$25	$23.06–$29.35	3 (2)
West Orange Township	$24.50	$19.95–$27.07	3 (2)
Rutherford	$22.50	$16–$29	3 (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 New Jersey

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

Employer	Median posted	Posted range	Jobs stating pay
Hackensack Meridian Health	$24	$21.70–$35.17	67
Atlantic Health	$27.75	$20.05–$41.57	35
Summit Health and CityMD	$24.50	$19.95–$27.07	20
Inspira Health	$23.25	$19.92–$26.81	18
RWJBarnabas Health	$26.25	$21.48–$29.90	16
AtlantiCare	$24.50	$20.04–$29.07	10
Valley Health System (New Jersey)	$25.75	$21.90–$28.74	9
Immediate Care Walk-In Management	$22.50	$21–$24	9
PM Pediatric Care	$22	$18–$26	9
Jefferson Health	$22.25	$18.29–$29.01	7
St. Luke's University Health Network	$22.50	$17.20–$26.85	5
Advanced Dermatology	$22.25	$20–$26	4
Hunterdon Health Care System	$26.75	$20.50–$29.67	3
Marathon Health	$24.50	$22–$27	3
Capital Health	$21.75	$18.57–$24.13	3
CVS Health	$30.50	$18.50–$42.35	2
UnitedHealth Group	$22.50	$16–$29	2
Hospital for Special Surgery	$33.25	$32–$34.47	1
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center	$30.25	$24.05–$36.21	1
One Medical	$26.75	$25.75–$27.75	1
HarmonyCares	$24	$24	1
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia	$23.75	$21.05–$26.35	1
Regional Cancer Care Associates	$23	$20–$26	1
Erickson Senior Living	$22.50	$20–$25	1
Live Urgent Care	$22	$20–$24	1
University Radiology	$22	$22	1

Median of each employer's jobs in New Jersey (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.

Best-paid open medical assistant jobs in New Jersey

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

Orthopedic Clinical Assistant
Hackensack Meridian Health · Paramus and North Bergen Township, NJ· 3w ago
$35.17/hr
Certified Medical Assistant II, Full Time - 8am-4pm, Gastroenterology, Morristown
Atlantic Health · Morristown, NJ· 1w ago
$25.18–$41.57/hr
Certified Medical Assistant II, Full Time, Days (9a-5p), AMG Medical Subspecialties- Bridgewater, NJ
Atlantic Health · Morristown, NJ· 1w ago
$25.18–$41.57/hr
Medical Assistant
Hospital for Special Surgery · Paramus, NJ· 3d ago
$32–$34.47/hr
Medical Assistant
CVS Health · Elizabeth, NJ· 3d ago
$18.50–$42.35/hr
Medical Assistant - Bilingual Spanish/English Preferred
CVS Health · Passaic, NJ· 3d ago
$18.50–$42.35/hr
Medical Assistant | Blood Draw & Infusion | Bergen
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · Bergen, NJ· 2d ago
$24.05–$36.21/hr
Medical Assistant - Per Diem - Oncology
Summit Health and CityMD · Clifton, NJ· 4mo ago
$27/hr
Certified Medical Assistant (Float)
One Medical · Englewood and Hoboken, NJ· 1d ago
$25.75–$27.75/hr
Medical Assistant Certified
Hunterdon Health Care System · Flemington, White House Station and 7 more, NJ· 1w ago
$23.73–$29.67/hr
Medical Assistant Certified Float
Hunterdon Health Care System · Flemington, NJ· 1w ago
$23.73–$29.67/hr
Certified Medical Assistant, Cardiology - Bayonne, NJ
RWJBarnabas Health · Bayonne, NJ· 2w ago
$23.5–$29.9/hr

What BLS measures in New Jersey

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, New Jersey. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Medical Assistants (31-9092)	$17.79 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$20.26 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$22.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$24.00 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$27.92 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	20,330 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$23.26/hr (source: BLS OEWS, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, opens in a new tab)
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$22.06/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, opens in a new tab)
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$21.83/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, opens in a new tab)
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$22.09/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Trenton-Princeton, NJ, opens in a new tab)
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$21.90/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ, opens in a new tab)
Vineland, NJ$21.81/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Vineland, NJ, opens in a new tab)

Medical assistant salary in New Jersey: common questions

How much does a medical assistant make in New Jersey?

Open medical assistant jobs in New Jersey that state an hourly rate post a median of $24, the middle half $22.50–$26.25 (231 jobs from 26 employers). Full time that is about $49,900 a year. BLS measured a median of $22.70/hr ($47,210 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New Jersey (May 2025).

Where in New Jersey do medical assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Morristown ($26.75), Hackensack ($24), Paramus ($24.50) and Neptune City ($23.75). The town table lists 30.

Which employers in New Jersey pay medical assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Atlantic Health ($27.75), Hunterdon Health Care System ($26.75) and RWJBarnabas Health ($26.25).

How does New Jersey compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in New Jersey ($24) is the same as the national posted median of $24. In the BLS survey New Jersey ranks 17 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: 231 of 292 open medical assistant jobs in New Jersey (79%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

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.

CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants (SOC 31-9092), every state, published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
BLS OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

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

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