Medical assistant salary in Utah
Medical assistants in Utah earn a median salary of $45,360 per year, which works out to $21.81 per hour, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That sits 1% under the national median of $45,690, and Utah comes in at 25 of 51 when the states and DC are ranked by pay.
Median yearly pay: $45,360 Middle half of earners: $38,460–$48,170 Projected growth, 2024–2034: 32.2% Yearly openings: about 1,720
Utah is projected to add medical assistant jobs faster than any other state, with about 1,720 openings a year. Only two Utah schools have an accredited program, so pick one in the tables on the Utah programs page and fill in the Request information form below the tables with your name, email, phone, ZIP code and start time. Your request goes to that one school.
- Median a year
- $45,360
- Lowest-paid tenth
- $35,890 or less
- Best-paid tenth
- $56,260 or more
- Medical assistant jobs
- 9,990
- Job growth 2024 to 2034
- +32.2%
Utah medical assistant pay
A median is simply the midpoint. In Utah, half of medical assistants earn more than $45,360 a year, and half earn less. Those in the middle half make somewhere from $38,460 up to $48,170 per year.
At the lower end, the bottom 10% make $35,890 or under. At the top, the highest-paid 10% make $56,260 or more. The average wage comes to $44,760 annually.
Pay by Utah metro area
Pay is fairly close across Utah's metro areas: Ogden tops the list at $46,380, while St. George comes in at the bottom with $42,720. The Salt Lake City-Murray area employs the most medical assistants of any Utah metro, roughly 3,910 of them.
| Metro area | Median a year | Median an hour | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ogden, UT | $46,380 | $22.30 | 1,750 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $46,080 | $22.16 | 3,910 |
| Logan, UT-ID | $44,980 | $21.62 | 540 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $43,730 | $21.03 | 2,190 |
| St. George, UT | $42,720 | $20.54 | 790 |
How does medical assistant pay compare with other health jobs?
It can help to see how this pay stacks up against similar roles in healthcare. In Utah, median pay for medical assistants is higher than for nursing assistants and phlebotomists, but lower than for licensed practical nurses and registered nurses. Here are yearly median wages across Utah for a few related jobs.
| Job | Median yearly pay |
|---|---|
| Registered nurses | $84,600 |
| Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses | $63,230 |
| Medical assistants | $45,360 |
| Phlebotomists | $40,630 |
| Nursing assistants | $39,840 |
Growth and openings ahead
The state's labor agency projects medical assistant positions will climb between 2024 and 2034, rising from 10,150 to 13,420. That's 32.2% growth. Nationally, the projected rise is 12.5%, and no state or DC is projected to grow these jobs faster than Utah, according to Projections Central.
Each year should bring roughly 1,720 openings. That figure covers brand-new positions plus roles that open up as workers move on. Right now Utah employs around 9,990 medical assistants, which is 5.8 for every 1,000 jobs.
Where to train in Utah
We list 13 Utah schools whose medical assistant graduates show up in the federal IPEDS survey. Of those, two run a program accredited by CAAHEP or ABHES, the two main organizations that evaluate medical assistant training.
At career schools nationwide that publish a whole-program price, the median is $17,257 for tuition, fees and books, and the median program length is 9 months. Public colleges nationwide have a median in-district tuition and fees of $4,346 for a full-time year.
Distance education is an option for the classroom portion of some programs. Hands-on clinical practice, though, is in person.
Pay: Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey, May 2025. Growth: Projections Central, from Utah’s labor market office. The job itself: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook.
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