Medical assistant jobs in Little Rock, AR

Each job shows the pay its employer posts; too few here post an hourly rate for a typical range. Medical assistants pay across Arkansas is measured from more jobs.

By open jobs on this board: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (7), Baptist Health (Arkansas) (5) and Arkansas Children's (2).

Ranked by the hourly rates each one posts for the medical assistant jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: American Oncology Network (most often $15.60–$26.58 an hour, a median of $21.09 across 1 posted rate) and Arkansas Children's (most often $16.25–$20.30 an hour, a median of $18.28 across 2 posted rates). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.

University of Arkansas Medical Sciences: 2 of 5 stars, 75% of patients said nurses always communicated well (Medicare, Jul 2026). Each one opens its employer's other hospitals and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

By what they reported to OSHA for 2025, in work injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers: Arkansas Children's Hospital (Arkansas Children's) 2.1, against 5.1 at general hospitals nationwide. These are the employers' own reports. Workplace injuries in Arkansas.

A medical assisting program or on-the-job training; certification (CMA, RMA or CCMA) is often preferred. Each posting lists its own requirements.