Highest Paying Cities for Medical Assistants in AL

The medical assistant pay in Alabama’s different cities is given in the table below.

Source: BLS (as of March 31, 2020)

Birmingham-Hoover employed the most number of medical assistants (2,940), while Huntsville stood second with 1,300 MAs. Other areas in the list employed a total of 4,380 professionals.

Benefits for Alabama Medical Assistants other than Salaries

Medical assistants in Alabama earn about $34,091, which is just 66.8% of their total compensation for a given year. The remaining $16,989 is received in various forms mentioned below. These perks and benefits make up about 33.2% of their yearly remuneration.

• Healthcare

  Healthcare facilities for people working in the industry are top-notch. In fact, it takes the biggest chunk of the benefits, with $6,371 spent by the employer on their medical assistants, making up about 12.5% of the yearly compensation.

• Time Off

  Time off is essential, mostly when you work in a fast-paced environment like a hospital. The number of off days a medical assistant gets in a year has a monetary value of about $4,327, making up 8.5% of the total remuneration.

• Social Security

  Social security payments of $2,608 a year are made by the employers of medical assistants in Alabama. It takes a massive load off the professionals and makes up about 5.1% of their total yearly compensation.

• 401K/403B

  A retirement fund available to the employees of an NPO is called 403B, and the same for the employees of a for-profit organization is known as 401K. Employers make a contribution of about $1,670 a year to this fund, securing the employee’s life after retirement to some extent. It makes up about 3.3% of the total remuneration.

• Pension

  Pension is another fund that helps the employee after retirement. Different employers have different pension rules, but on average, they contribute about $1,432 a year, making up 2.8% of the annual remuneration.

• Disability

  It is one of those benefits that help an employee in case they are permanently disabled due to an accident. Employers make sure that they are taken care of by contributing $545 a year to this accumulating fund. It is about 1.1% of the yearly compensation.

  (Source: salary.com, as of December 28, 2020)

Projected Employment and Hiring Trends for AL Medical Assistants (2018-2028)

Source: U.S. Department of Labor-Sponsored Resource, Projections Central (2018-2028 report)

Hiring Trends

• The number of medical assistants in the state in 2014, according to the Alabama Department Of Labor, was 6,600. This number is projected to increase to 8,060 by 2024. This 22.12% growth in 10 years means that every year there would be 2.02% growth with 285 new jobs. The average annual income of medical assistants at that time was $27,694.
• According to CareerOneStop’s data, in 2016, there were 7,360 medical assistants in the state. They were projected to grow by 25% by 2026 with 9,180 professionals. It puts medical assisting at 24th on the list of fastest-growing jobs in Alabama.
• USA Wage has a list of popular jobs of 2020 in Alabama, and medical assisting took the 50th spot in this list. It has 9,580 professionals working as medical assistants, earning $28,570, contributing to 0.49% of the state’s total workforce.
• In the list of fastest-growing jobs in Alabama for 2019, Zippia put medical assisting at the 13th spot, with an average annual income of $27,280. It showed a promising 126.4% growth projection, which will see it have 9,040 jobs in 2024.
• Zippia also came out with a carefully curated list of the best healthcare facilities in Alabama from the employees’ point of view. The top 5 facilities in this list are Jackson Hospital, NaphCare, Huntsville Hospital, Gadsden Regional Medical Center, and Comfort Keepers.