Medical assistant jobs in Hickory, NC

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

By open jobs on this board: Catawba Valley Health System (9), LifePoint Health (8) and American Family Care (1).

3 of the open medical assistant jobs here say so in their own posting: CMA / Catawba Valley Foot & Ankle / Full Time at Catawba Valley Health System (...within three months of employment date. Work Experience: Required No experience required. Given...); CMA / CVFM - Medical Arts / Full Time at Catawba Valley Health System (...within three months of employment date. Work Experience: Required No experience required. Given...); CMA / CVFM - West Mountain View / Full Time at Catawba Valley Health System (...months of employment date. Preferred: Work Experience: Required: No experience required. Given training...).

1 of the open medical assistant jobs here says so in its own posting: Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) Family Medicine at LifePoint Health (Union-represented. ...Hourly Wage : $19.38-$26.89 per hour Schedule: Full Time - Days 5x8s Union Position...).

By their own postings here, a shift differential: LifePoint Health (shift $2.25 to $3.50 an hour). The employers compared.

By their own postings here, a union: LifePoint Health (union-represented). Each opens the job that says it; the employers compared side by side.

Frye Regional Medical Center: 2 of 5 stars, 76% 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.

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