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Medical assistant salary in New York

Open medical assistant jobs in New York post a median of $23 an hour, the middle half $20.75–$25.75 (about $47,800 a year full time), $1 below the national posted median. From 232 jobs at 52 employers that state their pay.

$23
Median posted /hr
$21–$26
Middle half /hr
$47,800
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$23.08
BLS median in NY
May 2025

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

What medical assistants are paid in New York

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

Posted hourly rates of 232 open jobs in New York. Lowest posted $15, highest $42.35.

Posted on open jobs in New York

$20.75–$25.75/hr

Middle half of 87 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $23. 66% of the 350 open medical assistant jobs in New York state an hourly rate.

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Medical assistant pay by town in New York

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
New York$29$16.15–$34.4728 (8)
Syracuse$24$19–$29.8010 (3)
Albany$22.25$17–$28.058 (3)
Queens$23$16–$30.567 (6)
Lake Success$23.50$16–$29.996 (2)
Bronx$20.50$16–$42.356 (4)
Brooklyn$29$18.50–$42.355 (4)
Staten Island$27.25$20–$33.865 (3)
Schenectady$21.75$16.24–$26.155 (2)
Saratoga Springs$23$18.22–$28.274 (2)
West Nyack$20.50$16–$294 (1)
Rochester$19$17.85–$204 (2)
White Plains$24$19.95–$27.073 (1)
Poughkeepsie$22.75$16–$293 (2)
Mount Kisco$22.50$16–$293 (1)
Newburgh$21.75$16–$293 (2)
Latham$21.50$19–$25.093 (3)
Middletown$21.50$16–$293 (1)
Ithaca$20$18–$223 (1)
Ogdensburg$19.50$17.45–$27.053 (3)
Brighton$19$17.85–$203 (1)
Geneseo$19$17.85–$203 (1)
Victor$19$17.85–$203 (1)

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 York

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Rochester Regional Health$19$17.65–$29.9941
Mount Sinai Health System$29$23.98–$33.8629
UnitedHealth Group$22.50$16–$29.9924
Trinity Health$23$19–$29.8014
Summit Health and CityMD$24.50$19.95–$27.0712
Ellis Medicine$21.50$16.24–$25.329
Hospital for Special Surgery$32.50$32–$34.478
ENT and Allergy Associates$23$237
PM Pediatric Care$22.25$19.50–$257
Crouse Hospital$22.75$19–$26.455
Connextcare$18.25$16.83–$19.435
Essen Medical Associates$17.50$16–$195
Saratoga Hospital$23.25$18.22–$28.274
New York Oncology Hematology$20.25$17–$23.484
NewYork-Presbyterian$35.75$32.55–$39.063
VNS Health$29$28.96–$31.963
RPCI Oncology$23$20–$243
Cayuga Medical Center$20$18–$223
Catholic Health (Long Island)$33$30–$36.082
CVS Health$30.50$18.50–$42.352
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center$30.25$24.05–$36.212
Westchester Medical Center Health Network$27.25$20.58–$34.692
New York Cancer & Blood Specialists$25.50$22–$282
Richmond University Medical Center$25.50$22.80–$30.672
Sollis Health$25$20–$302
Integrated Medical Professionals$24$22–$262
Center for Disability Services$22$19.62–$25.682
Cornerstone Family Healthcare$21$19–$232
Anthony L. Jordan Health$18.75$18–$19.842
Bassett Healthcare Network$18$18.022
Maimonides Health$29$28.921
Spring Fertility$26$24–$281
Arthritis Knee Pain Centers$24$23–$251
Northwell Health$23.50$22–$251
Tia$23.50$23–$241
UPMC$23.25$18.59–$27.961
Advanced Dermatology$23$20–$261
Planned Parenthood of Central & Western New York$22.50$20.71–$24.051
RadNet$22.50$20–$251
Slocum-Dickson Medical Group$22.50$18–$271

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

26 open jobs in New York state a yearly salary: a median of $51,300, the middle half $48,000 to $57,500.

Best-paid open medical assistant jobs in New York

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

What BLS measures in New York

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 York. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Medical Assistants (31-9092)$17.92 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$20.96 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$23.08 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$26.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)$28.60 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)40,710 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Medical assistant salary in New York: common questions

How much does a medical assistant make in New York?

Open medical assistant jobs in New York that state an hourly rate post a median of $23, the middle half $20.75–$25.75 (232 jobs from 52 employers). Full time that is about $47,800 a year. BLS measured a median of $23.08/hr ($48,000 a year) for people employed in the occupation in New York (May 2025).

Where in New York do medical assistants earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: New York ($29), Syracuse ($24), Albany ($22.25) and Queens ($23). The town table lists 23.

Which employers in New York pay medical assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: NewYork-Presbyterian ($35.75), Hospital for Special Surgery ($32.50) and Mount Sinai Health System ($29).

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

The posted median in New York ($23) is $1 below the national posted median of $24. In the BLS survey New York ranks 12 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: 232 of 350 open medical assistant jobs in New York (66%) 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

Cite this page

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

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