Medical Assistants salary in Kingsport, TN

Median pay for medical assistants in Kingsport, TN: $36,050/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $30,570 – $44,190 · about 690 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($39,165) by −$3,115 (-8%).

What it's really worth in Kingsport

With Kingsport's cost of living at 85 (US=100), that $36,050 has the buying power of about $42,418 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $53,644 · median home $246,242 · median rent $1,350/mo.

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How Kingsport ranks for this job

On raw pay, Kingsport, TN is 152nd of the 186 metros we hold medical assistants wages for. Once Kingsport's cost of living is applied, it ranks 66th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Kingsport is one of the places where medical assistants gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Kingsport

A median home in Kingsport, TN costs $246,242 — about 6.8× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,350/mo works out at 45% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where medical assistants earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Kingsport.

Metro	Median pay	vs Kingsport	Rent vs Kingsport
Vallejo, CA	$74,750	+107%	1.8×
San Jose, CA	$60,500	+68%	2.7×
San Francisco, CA	$59,770	+66%	2.4×
Sacramento, CA	$59,520	+65%	1.7×

Same job elsewhere in TN

Metro	Median pay	vs Kingsport	Rent vs Kingsport
Nashville, TN	$39,760	+10%	1.3×
Memphis, TN	$37,550	+4%	1.1×
Knoxville, TN	$37,230	+3%	1.3×
Chattanooga, TN	$37,150	+3%	1.1×

Staying in TN keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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