Here are some statistics on medical assistant careers, to give you an idea of what to expect upon entering your medical assistant training program.

As these figures show, the medical assisting field is largely female, and they can be employed in most medical settings. The number of employed medical assistants is predicted by the US Labor Bureau to increase faster than nearly all other professions in the next several years.

Here is the average annual medical assistant salary for each of the 50 states in the continental U.S., from highest to lowest, as of May, 2007 as reported by the US Labor Bureau.