Medical Assistant Jobs in Atlanta, GA

Observed local pay is moderate. BLS reported Atlanta healthcare support occupations at $19.33 per hour in May 2025, while the broader SOC 31 family showed a $38,000 annual median in 2025. Directional posting data is a bit lower at the entry end: hourly postings centered on about $16 to $18 / hour, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $14 to $23 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 170 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $39,520 at the 25th percentile, $44,720 at the median and $50,960 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Atlanta is a usable market for this category, but not an easy one. Metro unemployment was 3.4% in August 2026, Atlanta education and health services employment reached 475.9 thousand and grew 2.1464% year over year, and Georgia healthcare support & healthcare administration employment was up 0.6% year over year in September 2026. The catch is that Georgia active postings for the category were down 4.8% year over year even as local health systems were still running support-staff recruiting activity, including a recent Grady interview week for Nursing Support Technicians and Monitor Technicians. More than 800 postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days show real volume, but most openings are on-site and frontline pay is still moderate rather than standout.

Best positioned: Candidates with current BLS or CPR, a patient-care credential such as CMA or CNA, and willingness to work on-site for hospital systems, urgent care groups, or home-care employers have the best odds.

Main caution: The biggest mistake is treating this like a remote healthcare-office market: about 95% of postings are on-site, with less than 5% hybrid and less than 5% remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 486 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Northside Hospital, Inc.: 92 open roles
2. Emory Healthcare: 43 open roles
3. Piedmont Healthcare, Inc.: 43 open roles
4. Piedmont: 33 open roles
5. Wellstar Health System, Inc.: 20 open roles
6. Piedmont HealthCare, PA: 16 open roles
7. Walmart Inc.: 14 open roles
8. CRH Healthcare, LLC: 12 open roles
9. United Digestive: 11 open roles
10. Fresenius Medical Care AG: 10 open roles

Where the openings are

• Atlanta: 94
• Lawrenceville: 40
• Newnan: 33
• Cumming: 29
• Marietta: 20
• Canton: 19
• Fayetteville: 16
• Cartersville: 14

Work arrangement

on-site 471 (99%), hybrid 7 (1%)

Where the demand is

Most real opportunity sits inside hospitals and large care systems. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 45% of openings and broader healthcare organizations another about 35%, with medical practices at about 10%. Among the most active named employers were Northside Hospital, Inc., Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., Piedmont, CRH Healthcare, LLC, and Gail's Homecare, while Grady also ran a recent emergency-care hiring event that included support technicians. This is also a broad, fragmented employer market rather than a winner-take-all one. The sample shows hiring fragmented across employers, which means you do not need one specific logo to have a shot, but you do need to search across hospitals, urgent care, outpatient clinics, and home care instead of waiting on a single system. Pure remote administration is the thin part of the market: about 95% of postings are on-site, and less than 5% are hybrid or remote. The evidence is stronger for patient-facing support work than for narrower back-office specialties. The most-requested hard skills skew toward patient care, vital signs, infection control, phlebotomy, medication administration, and HIPAA, which tells you the center of gravity is operational and patient-adjacent rather than desk-only administration.

• Hospitals and health systems (high): Largest concentration of openings; hospitals and health care make up about 45% of the local sample, with Northside Hospital, Inc. and Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. among the most active names.
• Outpatient clinics and medical practices (moderate): Good secondary lane for medical assistant, intake, and patient-flow roles; medical practices account for about 10% of the sample.
• Home care (moderate): Useful fast-entry lane if speed matters more than prestige; Gail's Homecare appears among the more active named employers in the local sample.
• Pure back-office admin or coding (limited): Thinner and more selective than many applicants expect because remote share is tiny and automation pressure is highest in data collection, processing, and scheduling tasks.

Where to focus: Start with on-site hospital and outpatient roles tied to patient flow, then widen to home care if speed matters more than pay.

Roles worth searching next

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN): A natural next step for CNAs and experienced support workers who want a licensed clinical path and a higher pay ceiling.
• Health IT / EHR analyst: A sensible pivot for admin candidates who like systems work and can add data standards such as HL7/FHIR plus basic SQL or cybersecurity literacy.
• Insurance member services or care-navigation operations: Strong fit for patient access and scheduling candidates who are good at intake, call handling, documentation, and benefits questions.

What postings ask for

• BLS / CPR (table_stakes | immediate): BCLS and CPR certification each appear in about 10% of local postings, and basic life support shows up as a frequent hard skill. Who: Entry-level support candidates, monitor tech applicants, and anyone targeting direct patient-contact roles.
• CMA or NCMA (differentiator | immediate): Certified medical assistant credentials are explicitly listed in local postings, with CMA-AAMA and NCMA each showing up in about 10% of the sample. Who: Medical assistant candidates and career switchers who need a fast credibility signal.
• CNA license (table_stakes | immediate): CNA license or CNA appears in local postings, and recent local recruiting included Nursing Support Technician roles that reward hands-on care readiness. Who: Candidates aiming at bedside support, rehab, long-term care, or hospital support-tech roles.
• Patient care, vitals, phlebotomy, and infection control (table_stakes | immediate): Patient care is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 35%, while vital signs monitoring, infection control, and phlebotomy each appear at about 10%. Who: Anyone targeting medical assistant, nursing assistant, patient care tech, or urgent care support roles.
• HIPAA compliance (differentiator | immediate): HIPAA compliance appears in about 10% of local postings, which makes it a useful screening keyword for both support and admin-leaning jobs. Who: Patient access, intake, scheduling, records, and clinic support candidates.
• Patient communication and time management (differentiator | near-term): Employer surveys highlighted communication, patient interaction, and time management as applied-skill gaps, so these are worth showing through concrete examples rather than generic soft-skill claims. Who: Career switchers and entry-level candidates who need to prove they can handle clinical pace and patient-facing pressure.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Observed local pay is moderate. BLS reported Atlanta healthcare support occupations at $19.33 per hour in May 2025, while the broader SOC 31 family showed a $38,000 annual median in 2025. Directional posting data is a bit lower at the entry end: hourly postings centered on about $16 to $18 / hour, with a broader 25th-75th band of about $14 to $23 / hour. This is a market where access is better than upside. You can find openings, but many of them still sit in wage bands that make shift choice, commute length, and employer quality matter a lot.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA concentrated?

Most real opportunity sits inside hospitals and large care systems. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 45% of openings and broader healthcare organizations another about 35%, with medical practices at about 10%. Among the most active named employers were Northside Hospital, Inc., Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., Piedmont, CRH Healthcare, LLC, and Gail's Homecare, while Grady also ran a recent emergency-care hiring event that included support technicians. This is also a broad, fragmented employer market rather than a winner-take-all one. The sample shows hiring fragmented across employers, which means you do not need one specific logo to have a shot, but you do need to search across hospitals, urgent care, outpatient clinics, and home care instead of waiting on a single system. Pure remote administration is the thin part of the market: about 95% of postings are on-site, and less than 5% are hybrid or remote. The evidence is stronger for patient-facing support work than for narrower back-office specialties. The most-requested hard skills skew toward patient care, vital signs, infection control, phlebotomy, medication administration, and HIPAA, which tells you the center of gravity is operational and patient-adjacent rather than desk-only administration.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Charleston Hospitality Group (50 postings), Northside Hospital, Inc. (50 postings), Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. (50 postings), Piedmont (40 postings), CRH Healthcare, LLC (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 4% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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