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Medical Assistants pay in South Carolina and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Medical Assistants is $41,160 per year in South Carolina. It is $59,290 per year in Washington. South Carolina is 30.6% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-9092 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 12,110 wage and salary jobs in South Carolina and 19,500 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings