Highest Paying Cities for Medical Assistants in IA

Medical assistant salary in Iowa’s various cities is given in the table below:

Source: BLS (as of March 31, 2020)

The table above suggests that Omaha-Council Bluffs is the metropolitan area with the highest number of medical assistants employed, about 1,370. Des Moines-West Des Moines took the second spot, with 1,250 professionals working as medical assistants. Other areas in this list employed a total of 1,580 MAs in total.

Benefits for Iowa Medical Assistants other than Salaries

In Iowa, medical assistants earn $34,819 a year as their salary and bonus, which makes up 67% of their total remuneration. The remaining 33%, or $17,180, is earned through other benefits and perks they receive throughout the year, making their total compensation about $51,999. The break-up of these benefits is given below.

• Healthcare

  Medical assistants in Iowa receive healthcare benefits of about $6,371 a year from their employers. It makes up about 12.3% of their total yearly compensation.

• Time Off

  The time offs that medical assistants get has a monetary value of about $4,419 a year in Iowa, which is about 8.5% of their total remuneration for the year.

• Social Security

  Social security payments made by the employer for Iowa medical assistants make up about 5.1% of their total compensation and costs about $2,664/year to the employer.

• 401K/403B

  A retirement fund is created to help the employees in their old age. It receives yearly payments from the employers for about $1,706 a year, which is 3.3% of their total compensation.

• Pension

  The pension fund is contributed to by the employers of MAs for about $1,462 annually, making up 2.8% of their total compensation. It is another fund that helps employees stay afloat after retirement.

• Disability

  A disability fund is created by the employer to use when an employee becomes disabled in an unfortunate accident. The contribution amounts to about $557 a year, or 1.1% of the yearly remuneration.

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

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

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

Hiring Trends

• According to Education Iowa, as of October 5, 2018, healthcare was an important part of Iowa’s growing economy that helps in building a healthier society. Health Sciences is the biggest employer in Iowa, with more than 220,000 professionals working at more than 10,600 locations. This number is bound to grow because of the state’s aging population and the kind of healthcare they require.
• The median salary of medical assistants in Iowa is $35,355 a year, as per the data provided by Future Ready Iowa. It is projected to have about 233 job openings every year, with Unitypoint Health posting more jobs than any other employer in the state since December 2017. It posted 207 jobs, followed by Catholic Health Initiatives (56) and Broadlawns Medical Center (53).
• Medical assisting was the 18th fastest-growing profession in Iowa for the 2016-2026 projections, according to CareerOneStop. It had 4,420 jobs in 2016, projected to grow to 5,610 by 2026 at a 27% growth rate.
• As of May 17, 2019, Zippia’s projections put medical assisting at the 33rd spot, with an annual income of $32,920, in the list of fastest-growing careers of Iowa. It is projected to have 4,380 jobs by 2024, which is a whopping 118.4%.
• Medical assisting was the 77th most popular job in the state according to USA Wage, as per the data published on the BLS website in April 2020. It had 4,970 jobs contributing to 32% of the state’s total workforce and an average annual income of $35,610.
• Zippia came up with a list of healthcare facilities that are best for the employees based on salaries, company financial health, and employee diversity. The top 5 companies from this list are Daniel C. Fabiano MD FAAOS, UnityPoint Health, Carleton Life Support Systems, Genesis Health System, and CFRHelps.