Medical Assistant Jobs in San Antonio, TX

Observed local pay is modest on the support side: BLS shows $16.41 per hour for the San Antonio healthcare-support group, with a broader annual median of $29,810 and mean of $34,130 for healthcare support occupations in 2025. Recent local postings cluster around about $16 to $20 / hour, while a Texas posting-based offered-salary measure for the combined healthcare support and administration category was about $66,943 on new openings (n=1,751), which likely reflects the administrative end of the mix as well as a different methodology.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 30 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $40,205 at the 25th percentile, $42,640 at the median and $48,880 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

San Antonio looks balanced for healthcare support and healthcare administration over the next 3-6 months. The metro unemployment rate was 4.3% seasonally adjusted in August 2026, overall metro nonfarm employment was up about 0.5% year over year, and the recent market sample still showed more than 350 postings across more than 100 companies. But local Education and Health Services employment was down -1.9576% year over year in August, while Texas occupation-level employment was essentially flat year over year even as active postings rose +0.7%, which points to steady replacement hiring more than broad expansion.

Best positioned: Candidates who can show certification plus either patient-care workflow or patient-access/admin workflow, especially EHR familiarity and CPR/BLS, have the best odds right now because those requirements show up repeatedly in local postings and employers nationally report preferring certified allied-health hires.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming all healthcare jobs pay alike: local healthcare-support pay averaged $16.41 per hour in the latest BLS wage release, and about 95% or more of recent postings were on-site.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 157 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Sahealth: 24 open roles
2. uthscsa.edu: 21 open roles
3. Tenet Healthcare Corporation: 12 open roles
4. CHRISTUS Health: 7 open roles
5. PAFC: 7 open roles
6. Joinmethodist: 5 open roles
7. Pediatric Associates Family of Companies: 5 open roles
8. Baptist Health System Group: 4 open roles
9. Conviva Senior Primary Care: 4 open roles
10. DaVita Inc.: 4 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Antonio: 144
• Live Oak: 6
• Schertz: 1
• Helotes: 1
• Converse: 1
• Indianapolis: 1
• Saint Cloud: 1
• Bandera, San Antonio: 1

Work arrangement

on-site 139 (90%), hybrid 16 (10%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated inside care-delivery organizations, not remote-first admin shops. In the recent San Antonio sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 50% of postings and healthcare another about 35%, with more than 350 postings spread across more than 100 companies. Leading named employers included Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Baptist Health System Group, uthscsa.edu, PAM Health, Emerus Holdings, Inc., and HCA Healthcare. This is also an entry-heavy, on-site market. About 75% of postings were entry level and about 20% were mid-level, while about 95% or more were on-site and less than 5% were hybrid or remote. That mix favors candidates who can start quickly in medical assistant, patient access, records, intake, scheduling, or other clinic-embedded support roles rather than waiting for remote-only coordination jobs. The hidden concentration is not just by employer but by workflow. Patient care, medical terminology, HIPAA compliance, phlebotomy, injections, vital signs, sterilization, and insurance verification keep recurring in postings, which means employers want workers who can either touch the patient workflow directly or keep the visit and billing process moving without much ramp time.

• Hospital systems and multi-site providers (high): This is the strongest lane by volume. Hospitals and health care make up about 50% of sampled postings, and another about 35% sit in healthcare more broadly.
• Outpatient clinics, rehab, and patient-access workflows (moderate): These roles benefit candidates who can combine front-desk, scheduling, insurance verification, and basic clinical workflow support.
• Remote-only healthcare administration (limited): This is the weakest lane in the local sample because about 95% or more of postings were on-site and less than 5% were hybrid or remote.

Where to focus: Prioritize large health systems and multi-site outpatient operators, then apply into both patient-facing support and front-office/patient-access lanes rather than holding out for remote-only admin work.

Roles worth searching next

• Member services representative for a health plan or provider call center: Good fit if your strength is scheduling, insurance verification, patient phone work, and service recovery rather than direct care.
• General office coordinator or scheduler in a healthcare-adjacent setting: Useful for candidates who are strong on records, calendars, intake, and document accuracy but are not yet clinically trained.
• Community health worker or care-coordination assistant: A reasonable pivot for candidates whose strengths are communication, patient interaction, and follow-through across services.
• Sterile processing or materials-support coordinator: Makes sense if you already have discipline around sterilization, supply handling, and clinic workflow.

What postings ask for

• CPR / BLS (table_stakes | immediate): CPR certification appears in about 15% of local postings and BLS or BLS certification in about 10%, making it one of the fastest credibility signals for patient-facing roles. Who: Entry-level candidates, career switchers, and anyone targeting direct patient-contact work.
• Medical assistant certification (differentiator | immediate): Medical assistant certification shows up in about 15% of local postings, and 89% of surveyed employers said they would choose a certified candidate over a non-certified candidate when other factors are equal. Who: Anyone targeting MA, PCT, clinic-support, or mixed admin-clinical roles.
• EHR systems such as Epic or Cerner (differentiator | near-term): EHR proficiency is cited as a sought-after skill in the San Antonio medical market and helps both clinical-support and administration candidates shorten training time. Who: Mid-career candidates and switchers coming from non-healthcare admin roles.
• HIPAA compliance and medical terminology (table_stakes | immediate): Both appear frequently in local postings—medical terminology in about 25% and HIPAA compliance in about 20%—so they read as baseline readiness rather than bonus skills. Who: All applicants in this category.
• Phlebotomy, injections, vital signs, and sterilization (premium | near-term): These hands-on tasks recur across local postings, with phlebotomy around 20%, injections about 15%, vital signs monitoring about 15%, and sterilization about 15%. Who: Candidates seeking higher-trust clinical-support roles rather than front-desk-only work.
• Insurance verification and patient-access workflow (differentiator | immediate): Insurance verification appears in about 15% of local postings and is one of the clearest bridges from general admin experience into healthcare-specific office work. Who: Career switchers, front-desk candidates, and people aiming at patient-access roles.

Questions about this market

What do Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles pay in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

Observed local pay is modest on the support side: BLS shows $16.41 per hour for the San Antonio healthcare-support group, with a broader annual median of $29,810 and mean of $34,130 for healthcare support occupations in 2025. Recent local postings cluster around about $16 to $20 / hour, while a Texas posting-based offered-salary measure for the combined healthcare support and administration category was about $66,943 on new openings (n=1,751), which likely reflects the administrative end of the mix as well as a different methodology. This is a market with broad access but not broad pay power. The documented local support wages sit below the broader national healthcare-support benchmarks, so moving from aide-style work into certified medical-assistant or administration-heavy tracks matters more than waiting for general wage inflation.

Where is demand for Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated inside care-delivery organizations, not remote-first admin shops. In the recent San Antonio sample, hospitals and health care accounted for about 50% of postings and healthcare another about 35%, with more than 350 postings spread across more than 100 companies. Leading named employers included Tenet Healthcare Corporation, Baptist Health System Group, uthscsa.edu, PAM Health, Emerus Holdings, Inc., and HCA Healthcare. This is also an entry-heavy, on-site market. About 75% of postings were entry level and about 20% were mid-level, while about 95% or more were on-site and less than 5% were hybrid or remote. That mix favors candidates who can start quickly in medical assistant, patient access, records, intake, scheduling, or other clinic-embedded support roles rather than waiting for remote-only coordination jobs. The hidden concentration is not just by employer but by workflow. Patient care, medical terminology, HIPAA compliance, phlebotomy, injections, vital signs, sterilization, and insurance verification keep recurring in postings, which means employers want workers who can either touch the patient workflow directly or keep the visit and billing process moving without much ramp time.

Which employers are hiring the most Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration talent in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX?

Recent postings show the most activity from Tenet Healthcare Corporation (30 postings), Baptist Health System Group (20 postings), uthscsa.edu (20 postings), PAM Health (15 postings), Emerus Holdings, Inc. (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Healthcare Support & Healthcare Administration roles in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 2% are remote and 3% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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