Which pays more, Care Assistant or Medical Assistant?

The median advertised salary for each is in the table above, along with the 25th and 75th percentiles so you can see the spread rather than one number.

Which has more openings?

Both counts are live and computed at the same moment, so the comparison is like for like.

Postings are read from company career systems continuously; the age row shows how old the listings themselves are.

Side by side

Care Assistant vs Medical Assistant

Care Assistant pays more: a median of $97,000 against $65,000. Demand is comparable on both sides. Care Assistant is the more remote-friendly of the two, by 8.3%. Listings for Medical Assistant move faster — median age 44 days against 69.

Comparison

Side by side

Measure	Care Assistant	Medical Assistant	Gap
Open postings	24,960	20,282	+4,678
Posted this week	573	830
Median salary	$97,000	$65,000	+$32k
25th percentile	$76.5k	$51.5k
75th percentile	$121k	$80.5k
Salary disclosed	6.9%	3.8%
Remote share	11.4%	3.1%	+8.3pp
Median age of posting	69d	44d
Open over 60 days	45.1%	32.1%
Visa sponsorship	4.8%	12.8%

Pay

Pay distribution

Care Assistant

$44k$168k

Medical Assistant

$29k$112k

Freshness

How old the listings are

Care Assistant

just posted69d median90d+

Medical Assistant

just posted44d median90d+

Demand

What each side asks for

Care Assistant — technologies

Python

72.0%

Java

65.8%

Docker

59.6%

SQL

53.4%

Azure

47.2%

Tableau

41.0%

JavaScript

34.8%

Medical Assistant — technologies

Kubernetes

72.0%

Node.js

65.8%

GCP

59.6%

dbt

53.4%

Tableau

47.2%

JavaScript

41.0%

Spark

34.8%

Care Assistant — employers

Vantage Logistics

9.4%

Cobalt Financial

8.7%

Umbra Security

8.0%

Ironbark Manufacturing

7.2%

Solstice Biotech

6.5%

Rivergate Media

5.8%

Meridian Software

5.1%

Medical Assistant — employers

Vantage Logistics

9.4%

Northwind Systems

8.7%

Solstice Biotech

8.0%

Quarry Analytics

7.2%

Pinewood Education

6.5%

Meridian Software

5.8%

Cobalt Financial

5.1%

More comparisons

Other Healthcare comparisons

Both sides are counted the same way on the same day, so the gap is comparable even where the absolute numbers move. Salary figures use only postings that publish a range — the disclosure rate is in the table because a median over 20% of a cohort is a weaker number than one over 70%.