Medical assistant salary in Rhode Island

Open medical assistant jobs in Rhode Island post a median of $23.50 an hour, the middle half $23.25–$23.75 (about $48,900 a year full time), $0.50 below the national posted median. From 25 jobs at 3 employers that state their pay.

Median posted /hr

Middle half /hr

A year, full time

estimate, 2,080 hours

BLS median in RI

May 2025

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What medical assistants are paid in Rhode Island

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

Posted hourly rates of 25 open jobs in Rhode Island. Lowest posted $18.13, highest $29.90.

Posted on open jobs in Rhode Island

$23.25–$23.75/hr

Middle half of 7 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $23.50. 64% of the 39 open medical assistant jobs in Rhode Island state an hourly rate.

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Medical assistant pay by town in Rhode Island

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)
Providence	$23.50	$18.13–$29.90	6 (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 Rhode Island

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
Brown University Health	$24	$18.13–$29.90	21
South County Hospital	$23.25	$20.25–$26.32	3
Southcoast Health System	$28.50	$28.56	1

Median of each employer's jobs in Rhode Island (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 Rhode Island

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

Certified Medical Assistant - Primary Care
Southcoast Health System · Middletown, RI· 3d ago
$28.56/hr
Clinical Call Center Representative Urology (Medical Assistant)
Brown University Health · Rhode Island· 6d ago
$18.13–$29.90/hr
Float Medical Assistant
Brown University Health · Providence, RI· 2w ago
$18.13–$29.90/hr
Medical Assistant
South County Hospital · Wakefield, RI· 3d ago
$20.25–$26.32/hr
Medical Assistant-4 10 hr shifts
South County Hospital · Wakefield, RI· 1w ago
$20.25–$26.32/hr

What BLS measures in Rhode Island

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, Rhode Island. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation	10th pct	25th pct	Median	75th pct	90th pct	Employed
Medical Assistants (31-9092)	$18.89 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$21.81 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$22.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$23.38 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	$27.33 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)	3,210 (source: BLS OEWS, Medical Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$22.61/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA, opens in a new tab)

Medical assistant salary in Rhode Island: common questions

How much does a medical assistant make in Rhode Island?

Open medical assistant jobs in Rhode Island that state an hourly rate post a median of $23.50, the middle half $23.25–$23.75 (25 jobs from 3 employers). Full time that is about $48,900 a year. BLS measured a median of $22.69/hr ($47,190 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Rhode Island (May 2025).

Which employers in Rhode Island pay medical assistants the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Brown University Health ($24) and South County Hospital ($23.25).

How does Rhode Island compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Rhode Island ($23.50) is $0.50 below the national posted median of $24. In the BLS survey Rhode Island ranks 18 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: 25 of 39 open medical assistant jobs in Rhode Island (64%) 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

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

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