The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical assistants in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $38,890 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $45,110 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,980 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $66,750 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $73,630 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $73,630. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,890.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $55,980 | 1.89% | 32.76% |
| 2021 | $54,920 | 11.13% | - |
| 2020 | $48,810 | 6.45% | - |
| 2019 | $45,660 | 5.74% | - |
| 2018 | $43,040 | 2.32% | - |
| 2017 | $42,040 | -2.50% | - |
| 2016 | $43,090 | 1.44% | - |
| 2015 | $42,470 | 2.28% | - |
| 2014 | $41,500 | 6.80% | - |
| 2013 | $38,680 | 2.69% | - |
| 2012 | $37,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,980 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for medical assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical assistants in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 21.7 percent (21.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 42.0 percent (42.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.