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Medical Assistants salary in Philadelphia, PA

The median medical assistants in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD earns $45,890 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,137 a month.

10th percentile
$38,300
25th percentile
$41,630
Median percentile
$45,890
75th percentile
$47,740
90th percentile
$53,400

Based on 13,150 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$37,644 take-home a year
Gross pay$45,890
Federal income tax−$3,327
Social Security + Medicare−$3,511
Pennsylvania income tax (approx.)−$1,409
Monthly take-home$3,137
Every two weeks$1,448

Does it go far here?

$44,747Median pay in Philadelphia, PA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 102.6 vs 100).
47%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,480 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Philadelphia, PA

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$452,940
Family Medicine Physicians$294,430
Chief Executives$292,770
Psychiatrists$279,410
Physicians, All Other$245,810
Nurse Anesthetists$238,540
Pediatricians, General$226,440
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$180,330

All medical assistants salaries · Take-home pay in Pennsylvania