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Underpaid detector

Am I Underpaid as a Medical Assistant?

Compare your salary against the live Medical Assistant market and quantify annual, five-year, and lifetime gaps.

Underpaid by

16%

Underpaid

Annual gap

$6,714

Current $35,700

5-year gap

$39,613

If unaddressed

Lifetime gap

$261,509

25-year, 3.5% compounded

SalaryScope Underpaid Score

25

Severity: Underpaid. Market midpoint for Medical Assistant: $42,414.

Recommended next steps

  1. Open the Medical Assistant negotiation playbook and run the market-anchored ask.
  2. If your gap exceeds 12%, benchmark 2–3 outside offers within 6 months — that's the single fastest fix.
  3. Review the certification ROI list to unlock a compounding uplift.
  4. If a promotion is plausible, model it with the promotion guide.

How we calculate market value

Your local market value blends the Medical Assistant national distribution (p10–p90) with your experience curve. The underpaid percentage is the share of market value you're currently missing; the lifetime gap compounds that delta over 25 years at 3.5%.