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Medical Assistants
Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician.
What a medical assistant does
Become a medical assistant
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good medical assistant
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $30 per hour with a typical salary of $55,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $24 and $33 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $17,800 and $59,100 per year.
- 61% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $30 per hour with a typical salary of $34,800 per year.
- 34% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Medical Assistant job outlook
- There are 18,301 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 2,809 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 5% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 18% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.