Medical Assistant Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Observed government pay for the broad healthcare support family in Los Angeles was modest in 2025: mean $40,370, median $35,630, 25th percentile $34,320, 75th percentile $44,370, and 90th percentile $51,400. Within that, medical assistants averaged $52,460, nursing assistants $49,700, and home health and personal care aides $35,890. By contrast, recent posted pay in this mixed support-plus-administration category centered on about $75k to $110k for salaried postings and about $23 to $30 / hour for hourly postings, which should be read as proxy data rather than a market-wide norm.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 389 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $48,880 at the 25th percentile, $56,160 at the median and $61,027 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

This is a usable market, but not an easy one. Los Angeles education and health services employment reached 1.324 million in August 2026 and was up 3.3326% year over year, while metro unemployment was 4.8%. But California-wide occupation signals for healthcare support and healthcare administration were softer in September: employment was essentially flat year over year and active postings were down 3.6%. There were more than 950 recent postings across more than 250 companies in the metro sample, yet LA County also reaffirmed a hard hiring freeze with only critical health and safety roles exempted.

Best positioned: The best odds right now go to candidates who can work on-site, already hold BLS/CPR or medical assistant certification, and can handle both patient-facing tasks and basic clinic workflows such as medical terminology, vital signs, phlebotomy, and HIPAA-sensitive documentation.

Main caution: Do not assume the headline posted salary bands are normal for all roles; BLS shows the metro healthcare support median at $35,630 and mean at $40,370, so higher posted bands usually reflect the administrative and supervisory end of this mixed category rather than typical aide work.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 431 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Cedars-Sinai International: 33 open roles
2. DaVita Inc.: 18 open roles
3. Providence Health & Services, Inc.: 17 open roles
4. Fresenius Medical Care AG: 16 open roles
5. Optum: 16 open roles
6. Providence Holding: 14 open roles
7. UCLA Health: 12 open roles
8. Concentra: 11 open roles
9. Exer Urgent Care: 10 open roles
10. RadNet, Inc.: 9 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 89
• Irvine: 25
• Beverly Hills: 18
• Long Beach: 17
• Santa Monica: 17
• Pasadena: 14
• Torrance: 13
• Glendale: 11

Work arrangement

on-site 403 (96%), hybrid 10 (2%), remote 5 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in big health systems and hospital-linked outpatient networks, not in remote admin work. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care made up about 55% of openings, another about 30% came from healthcare employers more broadly, and the active employer list was led by Cedars-Sinai, UCI group, UCLA Health, UCI Health, SCH-Culver City, and Adventist Health. The sample was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer, which is good for candidate choice, but it also means you need a list-based application strategy instead of waiting for one dream employer to call. Support-side demand is especially deep in Los Angeles. Healthcare support occupations accounted for 8.6% of metro employment in May 2025 versus 5.1% nationally, and the local employment concentration for home health and personal care aides was 2.22 times the national average. But concentration is not the same as quality: home health is huge, yet recent closures and layoffs in community-based care make hospital and clinic settings look safer right now. Evidence is stronger for support roles than for pure administration roles. The administration side clearly appears in the posting mix and salary proxy data, but the clearest direct wage and employment counts in this bundle are still for healthcare support occupations.

• Large hospital systems and academic medical centers (high): These employers dominate the named hiring list and are the clearest route to structured onboarding, benefits, and internal advancement.
• Outpatient clinics, patient access, and integrated-care operations (moderate): New outpatient capacity at Harbor-UCLA and integrated primary-behavioral health expansion at Tarzana Treatment Centers point to steady support needs in scheduling, referrals, patient flow, and clinic operations, though staffing counts were not disclosed.
• Home health and community-based care (limited): This submarket is locally large—home health and personal care aides accounted for 385,530 metro jobs and had a location quotient of 2.22—but current closure and layoff signals make it a less stable first choice for many applicants.

Where to focus: Prioritize on-site roles in large systems and hospital-linked outpatient clinics first, then use community or home-health openings as a fallback rather than your core plan.

Roles worth searching next

• Licensed vocational nurse (LVN): This is the clearest upward clinical bridge for support workers, and Los Angeles just saw a Kaiser-linked LVN training cohort launch through West Los Angeles College.
• Healthcare IT support or EHR support analyst: Health informatics, healthcare data analytics, and healthcare IT support skills are increasingly relevant as clinics digitize and automate workflows.
• Revenue cycle analyst or insurance claims analyst: Eligibility checks, coding validation, denial prediction, and related workflows are being automated but still need humans who understand payer rules and can manage exceptions.
• Behavioral health or public-health program coordinator: Behavioral-health workforce funding and integrated-care expansion are active in Los Angeles County, which can create admin and program-support openings just outside standard clinic support roles.

What postings ask for

• Basic Life Support (BLS) / CPR (table_stakes | immediate): BLS and CPR are among the most commonly requested certifications in local postings, so they act as fast resume filters for patient-facing roles. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone targeting MA, CNA, patient care tech, or clinic support work.
• Medical assistant certification (differentiator | immediate): Medical assistant certification appears directly in the local certification mix, and employers nationally report a strong preference for certified candidates when qualifications are otherwise equal. Who: Anyone targeting MA-heavy outpatient and ambulatory roles.
• Medical terminology, vital signs, and patient care (table_stakes | immediate): These are among the most-requested hard skills in local postings and signal that employers want people who can be productive quickly in rooming, intake, and bedside-adjacent workflows. Who: Entry-level job seekers and switchers trying to prove direct-care readiness.
• Phlebotomy, specimen collection, and infection control (differentiator | immediate): These skills show up repeatedly in local postings and help separate true clinical-support candidates from general office applicants. Who: Medical assistants, patient care techs, and nursing-assistant candidates who want faster interview traction.
• HIPAA plus California privacy compliance (differentiator | near-term): HIPAA compliance is a requested local skill, and California providers also operate under stricter overlapping privacy rules such as CMIA and CCPA/CPRA. Who: Front-desk, records, referrals, patient access, and billing candidates who handle sensitive data.
• EHR, data management, and digital literacy (differentiator | near-term): Employers increasingly want digital literacy, data management, and adaptability alongside care skills, especially as AI and workflow automation spread through healthcare administration. Who: Career switchers, mid-career admins, and MAs who want to move toward higher-responsibility clinic operations work.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Observed government pay for the broad healthcare support family in Los Angeles was modest in 2025: mean $40,370, median $35,630, 25th percentile $34,320, 75th percentile $44,370, and 90th percentile $51,400. Within that, medical assistants averaged $52,460, nursing assistants $49,700, and home health and personal care aides $35,890. By contrast, recent posted pay in this mixed support-plus-administration category centered on about $75k to $110k for salaried postings and about $23 to $30 / hour for hourly postings, which should be read as proxy data rather than a market-wide norm. This is a two-speed pay market: frontline support work is often ordinary-paying, while better salary bands tend to show up in clinic management, specialized administration, or blended operations roles.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in big health systems and hospital-linked outpatient networks, not in remote admin work. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care made up about 55% of openings, another about 30% came from healthcare employers more broadly, and the active employer list was led by Cedars-Sinai, UCI group, UCLA Health, UCI Health, SCH-Culver City, and Adventist Health. The sample was fragmented rather than dominated by one employer, which is good for candidate choice, but it also means you need a list-based application strategy instead of waiting for one dream employer to call. Support-side demand is especially deep in Los Angeles. Healthcare support occupations accounted for 8.6% of metro employment in May 2025 versus 5.1% nationally, and the local employment concentration for home health and personal care aides was 2.22 times the national average. But concentration is not the same as quality: home health is huge, yet recent closures and layoffs in community-based care make hospital and clinic settings look safer right now. Evidence is stronger for support roles than for pure administration roles. The administration side clearly appears in the posting mix and salary proxy data, but the clearest direct wage and employment counts in this bundle are still for healthcare support occupations.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Cedars-Sinai (50 postings), UCI group (40 postings), UCLA Health (30 postings), UCI Health (20 postings), SCH-Culver City (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 1% are remote and 4% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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