How much do Medical Assistants make in Charleston-North Charleston, SC?

Percentile spread

For Medical Assistants, the published 10th percentile is $35,970 and the 90th percentile is $49,390. The difference is $13,420, which is 29.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $38,670 to the 75th at $48,240, covers $9,570.

The mean annual wage is $43,950, which sits below the median of $45,600. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Charleston-North Charleston, SC median is 0.2% lower than the national median of $45,690 for Medical Assistants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,166, which is 1.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 10.8% higher than the South Carolina median of $41,160.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 100.962, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,600 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Medical Assistants at $45,166 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Medical Assistants. Charleston-North Charleston, SC ranks 2nd of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC is 65 miles away, with a median of $43,610 and employment of 560. That median is 4.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,492, against $45,166 here.
• Sumter, SC is 66 miles away, with a median of $40,780 and employment of 170. That median is 10.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,330, against $45,166 here.
• Florence, SC is 79 miles away, with a median of $38,790 and employment of 420. That median is 14.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,702, against $45,166 here.

Employment share

Medical Assistants accounts for 0.59% of wage-and-salary employment in Charleston-North Charleston, SC (2,320 of 394,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.53% of employment (817,870 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.12 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.