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.
As of 2011, medical assistants working in the United States made an average of $14.51 an hour. The median of all wages reported by medical assistants to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2011 was $13.99 and the middle-earning half of medical assistants made between $11.86 an hour and $16.87 an hour.