Number of medical assistants in the U.S. 2001-2016

Published by Jenny Yang, Nov 30, 2023
This statistic shows the number of medical assistants in the United States from 2001 to 2016. In 2001, exactly 345,930 medical assistants were employed in the United States. In 2016, this number stood at some 623 thousand.

Number of medical assistants in the U.S. from 2001 to 2016

CharacteristicNumber of employees
2016 623,560
2015 601,240
2014 584,970
2013 571,690
2012 553,140
2011 539,220
2010 523,260
2009 495,970
2008 475,950
2007 434,540
2006 409,570
2005 382,720
2004 380,340
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Release date

September 2018

Region

United States

Survey time period

2001 to 2016

Supplementary notes

Estimates do not include self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, household workers, or unpaid family workers and were rounded to the nearest 10.
Values not included in the pdf version of "Health, United States, 2017" were taken from previous reports.

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