Medical assistant salary in Missouri

The median is simply the middle point: half of the state's medical assistants make more than it, and half make less. These numbers are drawn from the BLS wage tables covering May 2025.

Half of all earners fall somewhere between $37,380 and $46,600 annually. Those in the lowest-paid 10% bring in $35,810 or under, while the top 10% make $48,360 or higher.

The mean, the straight average of every wage, comes to $42,030 per year. That is slightly higher than the $40,440 median.

Missouri ranks 39th of the 50 states and Washington, DC for median medical assistant pay.

The highest median pay is in Kansas City, MO-KS, at $45,300. The lowest is Joplin, MO-KS, at $37,220. The biggest pool of jobs is in St. Louis, MO-IL, with roughly 6,170.

Where you train and work can make a real difference in your pay. Pick an accredited program on the Missouri program page and send its short "Request information" form to ask that school about costs, schedules and start dates.

The state's labor agency expects medical assistant jobs to climb from 12,880 in 2024 up to 14,370 by 2034. That works out to an 11.6% increase, just a bit below the national rate of 12.5%.

Each year should bring roughly 1,760 openings. That figure covers both brand-new positions and spots left by people moving on. For projected growth, Missouri comes in at 40 out of 51.

Right now, around 13,050 medical assistants work in the state, equal to 4.4 out of every 1,000 jobs.

Within Missouri, medical assistants earn above nursing assistants but below phlebotomists. Phlebotomists are the workers who draw blood for testing. Here is how the median yearly pay for this role compares with a few related health careers in the state.

You'll find 17 Missouri schools on this site that report medical assistant graduates in the federal education survey. Among them, 6 run a program accredited by CAAHEP or ABHES, national bodies that check whether programs live up to their standards.

Across the US, the median length of a career school program is 9 months. The national median published cost for a full career school program comes to $17,257. At US public colleges, one year of full-time study carries a median in-district price of $4,346 for tuition and fees.

Online programs teach classes by distance education, but the supervised clinical practice, known as a practicum or externship, is in person.

Want details from a school? Pick one of the accredited Missouri programs listed on the state program page, then complete the brief "Request information" form using your name, email, phone, ZIP code and preferred start time.