Registered Medical Assistant pay?

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Hello!

Anyone know what I can expect to be offered for and hourly pay as a Registered MA? I have experience in doctors office/ hospital, but recent grad as an MA.

Job would be in a OB/GYN office in Massachusetts

Have an interview tomorrow and just wanted to know what a good offer would be?

Any help or advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

Steph

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Specializes in Hospice / Psych / RNAC.

Depends where you live...where I am they make $10 to $15 and hour. Perhaps with experience and a long time relationship with the doc or clinic it will increase but they make about as much as CNAs and some LPNs. Just like RN pay...it all depends on where you live, where you work, how much experience and in what field.

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Specializes in FNP, ONP.

Yes, it most definitely depends on where you live. I pay my MA $7.75/hour. The LPN gets about $14.

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Thanks for your response :)

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$7.75 McDonalds pay more than that... I make $12.65 as an MA, I stay in Louisiana.

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Specializes in Oncology.

Registered MA? I thought one of the biggest gripes about MAs is that they aren't registered?

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Specializes in Pedi.

I guarantee that it will be more than $7.75/hr because minimum wage in Massachusetts is $8/hr. I would guess around $12-$14/hr.

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Specializes in Oncology; medical specialty website.

That wage of $7.75 puts the worker waaayyy below the poverty line.

JMO, calling an MA a "RMA" sounds a little like blurring the lines between that and an RN. A lot of patients aren't that savvy; they'll hear "RMA" and think the person is a kind of nurse.

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That wage of $7.75 puts the worker waaayyy below the poverty line.

JMO, calling an MA a "RMA" sounds a little like blurring the lines between that and an RN. A lot of patients aren't that savvy; they'll hear "RMA" and think the person is a kind of nurse.

Patients never seem savvy about initials at all....I wished the hospital "Badge Buddy" tag, instead of being large blue cards with white RN or LPN or PCT on them just said NURSE or AIDE.

I once had a patient ask me, upon reading the RN on my chest, if I was going to go back to school to get an LPN. So there ya go.

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Yes, it most definitely depends on where you live. I pay my MA $7.75/hour. The LPN gets about $14.

Wow what state do you live in? What is your states minimum wage?

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I live in California and our MAs start at $14-$18 a hour. But it depends on your area. Out here they base it mostly on if your certified and how much experience you have. I think a lot of states pay minimum wage because of how limited some MAs are. California is the only state I have read that let's their MAs do so much. But yeah you have to check with your living area. I would google it, because I know they have sites that tell you the estimated salary in your area.

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Specializes in alzheimers, hospice, dialysis.

patient's don't know the difference half the time, and most of the time, they don't care. i'm speaking for the patient side though. i know one of my friends is a physician assistant, and everyone thinks she's like a medical assistant. my doctor is a D.O. and one of the patients asked if she was an eye doctor. lol. DVM = doctor of veterinary medicine. DMV= dept of motor vehicles. all crazy.

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