Medical Assistants salary in Spartanburg, SC

Median pay for medical assistants in Spartanburg, SC: $37,620/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $31,730 – $44,790 · about 520 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($39,165) by −$1,545 (-4%).

What it's really worth in Spartanburg

With Spartanburg's cost of living at 90 (US=100), that $37,620 has the buying power of about $41,574 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $61,955 · median home $279,792 · median rent $1,473/mo.

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How Spartanburg ranks for this job

On raw pay, Spartanburg, SC is 122nd of the 186 metros we hold medical assistants wages for. Once Spartanburg's cost of living is applied, it ranks 82nd.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Spartanburg 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 Spartanburg

A median home in Spartanburg, SC costs $279,792 — about 7.4× 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 $1,473/mo works out at 47% 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 Spartanburg.

Metro	Median pay	vs Spartanburg	Rent vs Spartanburg
Vallejo, CA	$74,750	+99%	1.6×
San Jose, CA	$60,500	+61%	2.5×
San Francisco, CA	$59,770	+59%	2.2×
Sacramento, CA	$59,520	+58%	1.5×

Same job elsewhere in SC

Metro	Median pay	vs Spartanburg	Rent vs Spartanburg
Charleston, SC	$39,930	+6%	1.4×
Greenville, SC	$38,250	+2%	1×
Columbia, SC	$36,940	−2%	1×
Myrtle Beach, SC	$36,750	−2%	1.2×

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

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