Medical Assistants Salary in Gainesville, FL

Medical Assistants pay range in Gainesville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $35,390 a year or less, while the top 10% make $47,160 or more. The middle half of medical assistants in Gainesville earn between $37,180 and $46,170.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Medical Assistants salary after taxes in Gainesville

On the average salary of $41,550, a single filer in Gainesville takes home about $35,565 a year, or $2,964 a month and $1,368 every two weeks. Taxes take 14% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Gainesville a good place for medical assistants? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Gainesville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.7), so the average $41,550 buys what about $42,953 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.8 times the median wage of all jobs in Gainesville ($47,020). A typical home costs $306,605, or 7.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Medical Assistants salary in other Florida cities

Gainesville ranks 17th of 22 Florida metro areas for this job; Tallahassee pays the most ($45,970).

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Highest-paying cities for medical assistants

Vallejo, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($66,730).

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