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Medical Assistant Salary in Rochester, New York

The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in Rochester, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of medical assistants in Rochester is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Medical Assistants in Rochester, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$31,750
25th Percentile Wage
$34,930
50th Percentile Wage
$36,850
75th Percentile Wage
$39,270
90th Percentile Wage
$45,360

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants in Rochester, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $45,360. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $36,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,750.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical assistants from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$36,850
0.71% 24.56%
2021
$36,590
10.69% -
2020
$32,680
-0.40% -
2019
$32,810
-1.89% -
2018
$33,430
5.68% -
2017
$31,530
2.79% -
2016
$30,650
5.22% -
2015
$29,050
0.31% -
2014
$28,960
1.93% -
2013
$28,400
2.11% -
2012
$27,800
- -

Table 2. Compare Medical Assistant Salary in Rochester with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $36,850 in Rochester is in the middle of salary range for medical assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of medical assistants in Rochester is 17.0 percent (17.0%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 18.8 percent (18.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$44,420
Glens Falls
$38,920
Ithaca
$38,140
Kingston
$38,120
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$37,700
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$37,590
Syracuse
$37,500
Nassau-Suffolk
$37,460
Utica-Rome
$37,430
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,200
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,140
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,090
Rochester
$36,850
Watertown-Fort Drum
$36,490
Binghamton
$35,630
Elmira
$35,110
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$33,060
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$32,370
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$31,240
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$29,940

See also: Top paying jobs in Rochester, New York.