Medical Assistants pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City
$49,590avg. a year
$23.84 an hour · 44,060 employed
Medical Assistants in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area earn an average of $49,590 a year. That is about the same as the New York average of $48,750. The U.S. average is $46,120.
$48,370Median pay
$23.84Average hourly
+2%vs. New York average
44,060Jobs in this metro
Other New York metro areas
Average pay for medical assistants in other New York metro areas. Swipe to see all 12.
1390 jobs
Ithaca, NY
$49,040
$23.58 an hour
2190 jobs
Glens Falls, NY
$45,410
$21.83 an hour
31,060 jobs
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
$45,400
$21.83 an hour
42,310 jobs
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
$44,580
$21.43 an hour
51,230 jobs
Syracuse, NY
$44,130
$21.22 an hour
61,390 jobs
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
$44,120
$21.21 an hour
71,890 jobs
Rochester, NY
$43,040
$20.69 an hour
8330 jobs
Utica-Rome, NY
$42,940
$20.64 an hour
990 jobs
Kingston, NY
$42,680
$20.52 an hour
10290 jobs
Binghamton, NY
$42,440
$20.40 an hour
11190 jobs
Elmira, NY
$41,790
$20.09 an hour
1270 jobs
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
$40,110
$19.29 an hour
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How New York-Newark-Jersey City compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
Annual wage percentiles, May 2025
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Questions and answers
How much do medical assistants make in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
The average is $49,590 a year, and the median is $48,370. About 44,060 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the New York average?
That is about the same as the New York average of $48,750.
Is this job common in New York-Newark-Jersey City?
It makes up 4.6 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.88 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 31-9092. Metro area: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 35620). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.