To type a special character, using an Alt keyboard sequence: 1  Ensure that the Num Lock key has been pressed, to activate the numeric key section of the keyboard. 2  Press the Alt key, and hold it down. 3  While the Alt key is pressed, type the sequence of numbers (on the numeric keypad) from the Alt code in the above table.
The average annual medical assistant salary is $30,780. The lowest 10% of medical assistant salaries are less than $21,280. The top 10% of medical assistant salaries reach more than $41,910. The average medical assistant hourly salary is $14.80.
Bureau of Labor Statistics information for the 2010 median pay for Medical Assistants was reported to be $28,860 a year which comes out to around $13.87 an hour. The total number of medical assistant jobs reported by the BLS in 2010 was about 527,600 with an expected growth rate of around 37% which is quite large.