Medical Assistants (31-9092)

Occupation description:  Perform administrative and certain clinical duties under the direction of a physician. Administrative duties may include scheduling appointments, maintaining medical records, billing, and coding information for insurance purposes. Clinical duties may include taking and recording vital signs and medical histories, preparing patients for examination, drawing blood, and administering medications as directed by physician. Excludes "Physician Assistants" (29-1071).

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2012 Wages

Labor Force Indicators

2011 Worker Characteristics
Total workers	Nonresident workers	Percent nonresident	Percent age 45 plus	Percent age 50 plus
1,369	118	8.6	20.2	13.5

2011 Potential Supply
Qualified but working in another occupation	271
Currently employed in a lower paid occupation	26
UI claimants previously working in occupation	197

2011 ALEXsys Employment Data
Number of registrants	1,768
Number of job position postings	413
Ratio of registrants to job position postings	4.3

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