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.
The BLS reports that the median wage for a medical assistant was $29,960 in 2014, up slightly from the prior year. The best-paid 10 percent of medical assistants made more than $42,760, while the bottom 10 percent made less than $21,540. And while physicians' offices and hospitals employ the most medical assistants, scientific research and development services and personal care services pay the highest wages.