Medical Assistant Jobs in Nashville, TN

The cleanest local benchmark is BLS: Nashville healthcare support pay was $20.38 per hour on average in May 2025, and the broader local healthcare support family sat around $38,990 at the median and $42,400 at the mean in 2025. More current local posting data points to typical hourly offers centered on about $18 to $23 / hour, which is useful as a directional read on active openings rather than a full-market pay census.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 34 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $37,700 at the 25th percentile, $44,200 at the median and $50,749 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

Nashville is still a workable market for healthcare support and healthcare administration, but it is not an easy apply-anywhere market. Metro unemployment was 3.2% in August 2026, while Nashville education and health services employment reached 186.7 thousand and grew 2.3575% year-over-year, which is a supportive backdrop for care-delivery employers. But Tennessee occupation-level data shows healthcare support and healthcare administration employment essentially flat year-over-year and active postings down 3.0%, so candidates should expect a steady market, not a hiring surge.

Best positioned: The best odds right now belong to candidates who can work on-site and already show medical assistant or CPR-related credentials plus practical skills such as phlebotomy, patient care, and vital-signs work.

Main caution: The biggest misconception is that healthcare support/admin means flexible office work; about 95% or more of local postings are on-site, and current hourly offers cluster around about $18 to $23 / hour.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 162 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Vanderbilt: 23 open roles
2. Ascension: 14 open roles
3. HCA Healthcare: 12 open roles
4. Ascension Saint Thomas Urgent Care: 9 open roles
5. HighPoint Health System: 7 open roles
6. TriStar Summit Medical Center: 7 open roles
7. Lifepoint Health, Inc.: 5 open roles
8. Tennessee Oncology: 5 open roles
9. TriStar Centennial Medical Center: 5 open roles
10. Heritage Medical: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• Nashville: 87
• Gallatin: 15
• Franklin: 15
• Hermitage: 10
• Brentwood: 8
• Hendersonville: 8
• Mount Juliet: 5
• Smyrna: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 156 (98%), hybrid 2 (1%), remote 2 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in provider settings, not across the whole office-admin economy. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care account for about 55% of openings and healthcare organizations another about 30%, with much smaller shares in health care services & hospitals and medical practices at about 5% each. Among named employers, Vanderbilt, AdamsPlace, HCA Healthcare, Heritage Medical, and Tennessee Oncology show up repeatedly, but the market is still fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. That fragmentation is good news for applicants willing to search beyond one marquee system. It means you should not rely only on Vanderbilt or HCA; specialty groups, senior-living operators, and practice-based employers also appear in the flow of openings. The mix also skews hard toward front-line work, with about 90% of postings at entry level and only about 10% at mid level, which helps new entrants more than aspiring managers.

• Hospitals and large health systems (high): This is the biggest opportunity pool locally: hospitals and health care make up about 55% of the sample, and repeated employers include Vanderbilt and HCA Healthcare.
• Specialty clinics and medical practices (moderate): This slice is smaller, but Heritage Medical and Tennessee Oncology appear often enough to justify direct targeting, especially for candidates with EHR and patient-flow experience.
• Senior living and residential-care style employers (moderate): This is not the dominant segment overall, but AdamsPlace is one of the most consistently active named employers in the sample.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site roles inside large hospital and clinic systems, then widen to specialty practices and senior-living employers once your resume is tuned to patient care and EHR workflows.

Roles worth searching next

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN): Nashville employers are visibly building MA/CNA-to-nursing pathways; Vanderbilt Health and TCAT Nashville launched a medical-assistant-to-LPN program in September 2026.
• Registered Nurse (RN): Chamberlain University opened its first Tennessee campus in Nashville with flexible nursing classes aimed partly at CNAs, medical assistants, and patient care techs.
• Healthcare operations or implementation coordinator: Hopper Healthcare announced a Franklin office and a planned Nashville-based team across healthcare technology, operations, and product work, which creates a plausible adjacent path for workflow-savvy support staff.

What postings ask for

• Phlebotomy (differentiator | immediate): It is one of the most-requested hard skills locally, appearing in about 30% of postings, and it helps you stand out for multi-skill support roles. Who: Entry-level medical assistants, patient care techs, and switchers trying to prove hands-on readiness.
• Patient care and vital signs monitoring (table_stakes | immediate): Patient care shows up in about 30% of postings, and vital signs monitoring appears in about 20%, making this core evidence that you can function in front-line clinical flow. Who: Anyone targeting bedside-adjacent support jobs.
• Medical assistant certification (AAMA, NHA, NCCT) (differentiator | immediate): Local postings regularly mention medical assistant certification, AAMA, NHA, and NCCT, and a national employer survey found 89% would choose a certified candidate over a non-certified one when other factors are equal. Who: New medical assistants, career switchers, and anyone whose experience is strong but informal.
• CPR / Basic Cardiac Life Support (table_stakes | immediate): CPR-related credentials appear repeatedly in local postings, so lacking them can get you screened out early. Who: Entry-level support workers and anyone returning to the field.
• Electronic Health Records (EHR) (differentiator | immediate): EHR is one of the most in-demand tools for healthcare support and administration roles, especially for candidates leaning toward access, records, or workflow-heavy jobs. Who: Career switchers and admin-leaning candidates.
• HIPAA compliance (table_stakes | immediate): HIPAA shows up as a key market skill, which means employers expect safe handling of patient information even in non-licensed roles. Who: Anyone coming from general office, retail, or hospitality backgrounds.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

The cleanest local benchmark is BLS: Nashville healthcare support pay was $20.38 per hour on average in May 2025, and the broader local healthcare support family sat around $38,990 at the median and $42,400 at the mean in 2025. More current local posting data points to typical hourly offers centered on about $18 to $23 / hour, which is useful as a directional read on active openings rather than a full-market pay census. This is moderate pay for a market with broad entry access, but it is not a standout salary-premium city for these roles. The posted range lines up more with medical assistant, aide, patient care, and front-line admin work than with higher-end practice-management jobs.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in provider settings, not across the whole office-admin economy. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care account for about 55% of openings and healthcare organizations another about 30%, with much smaller shares in health care services & hospitals and medical practices at about 5% each. Among named employers, Vanderbilt, AdamsPlace, HCA Healthcare, Heritage Medical, and Tennessee Oncology show up repeatedly, but the market is still fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. That fragmentation is good news for applicants willing to search beyond one marquee system. It means you should not rely only on Vanderbilt or HCA; specialty groups, senior-living operators, and practice-based employers also appear in the flow of openings. The mix also skews hard toward front-line work, with about 90% of postings at entry level and only about 10% at mid level, which helps new entrants more than aspiring managers.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN?

Recent postings show the most activity from Vanderbilt (20 postings), AdamsPlace (20 postings), HCA Healthcare (20 postings), Heritage Medical (15 postings), Tennessee Oncology (10 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 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.

How current are these listings?

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