Medical assistant salary in Indiana

These numbers are medians, meaning the midpoint where half of medical assistants make more and half make less. Half of Indiana's medical assistants bring home somewhere from $39,160 up to $47,290 annually before taxes, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The lowest-paid 10% make $37,060 or under. On the other side, the highest-paid 10% make $50,480 or above.

The average is $44,500 a year, a little below the median of $45,110.

Indiana pays a bit less than the national figure. The state's median comes in about 1% under the national median of $45,690. When you rank the 50 states plus Washington, DC by median medical assistant pay, Indiana lands at 28th out of 51.

That said, this work is more widespread in Indiana than in many other places. Roughly 19,630 medical assistants are employed in the state, or 6.1 per 1,000 jobs. On that measure, Indiana places 15th among the 51.

The best-paying metro area is Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, at a median of $47,270, and it employs the largest number of medical assistants too, roughly 15,640.

Terre Haute sits at the bottom, with a median of $36,960. If you have a place in mind, the local pay figure may be more useful than the statewide median.

People weighing a health career often look at several roles before committing to a training path. Here is typical yearly pay for each role, taken from that wage survey.

Indiana medical assistants out-earn phlebotomists and nursing assistants. Registered nurses and licensed practical or vocational nurses have higher median pay in Indiana.

The state's labor agency projects growth from 22,670 medical assistant jobs in 2024 to 25,300 by 2034. That works out to an 11.6% increase, just under the national figure of 12.5%, based on state projections.

For projected growth, Indiana comes in 39th out of 51. Still, roughly 3,110 openings should appear annually, counting both newly created positions and ones that open up as workers leave.

On this site you'll find 14 Indiana schools that report their medical assistant graduates in the federal college data survey. Nine of them run an accredited program, which means a recognized national organization, such as CAAHEP or ABHES, has reviewed the program and confirmed it meets their standards.

Across the US, most career school programs take about 9 months, and some wrap up in 6 months or less. Those schools charge a median published price of $17,257 for the full program. At public colleges, one year of full-time study carries a median price of $4,346 for in-district students, based on federal data.

Online programs teach classes by distance education, but your supervised externship in a clinic or doctor's office is in person. Indiana clinics need about 3,110 new medical assistants every year, and many programs take about 9 months. Pick an accredited program on our Indiana programs page and send that school a short Request information form today.