Medical Assistants salary in Utica, NY

Median pay for medical assistants in Utica, NY: $40,630/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $35,650 – $53,240 · about 290 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($39,165) by +$1,465 (+4%).

What it's really worth in Utica

With Utica's cost of living at 93 (US=100), that $40,630 has the buying power of about $43,813 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $66,823 · median home $230,265 · median rent $1,404/mo.

Full Utica cost of living & taxes →

How Utica ranks for this job

On raw pay, Utica, NY is 69th of the 186 metros we hold medical assistants wages for. Once Utica's cost of living is applied, it ranks 48th.

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

A median home in Utica, NY costs $230,265 — about 5.7× 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 $1,404/mo works out at 41% 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 Utica.

Metro	Median pay	vs Utica	Rent vs Utica
Vallejo, CA	$74,750	+84%	1.7×
San Jose, CA	$60,500	+49%	2.6×
San Francisco, CA	$59,770	+47%	2.3×
Sacramento, CA	$59,520	+46%	1.6×

Same job elsewhere in NY

Metro	Median pay	vs Utica	Rent vs Utica
New York, NY	$46,530	+15%	2.5×
Rochester, NY	$40,960	+1%	1.1×
Buffalo, NY	$40,820	+0%	1×
Albany, NY	$40,340	−1%	1.2×

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

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