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This question is about medical assistant externship demographics.
83.3% of medical assistant externships are female in the United States. This is -2.2 percentage points lower than last year. Additionally, the percentage of female medical assistant externships has decreased by -7.2 percentage points since 2010. That means there are a total of 542,372 female medical assistant externships in the U.S. and 108,735 male medical assistant externships in the United States. Note that Zippia's estimate accounts only for the 651,107 people with the specific job title of medical assistant externship and doesn't include grouping similar job titles, or people with potentially similar credentialing.
| Year | Female Medical Assistant Externships | Male Medical Assistant Externships | Percentage Female Medical Assistant Externships | Percentage Male Medical Assistant Externships | |
| 2019 | 2,976 | 598 | 83.3% | 16.7% | |
| 2018 | 2,888 | 489 | 85.5% | 14.5% | |
| 2017 | 2,739 | 478 | 85.1% | 14.9% | |
| 2016 | 2,676 | 510 | 84.0% | 16.0% | |
| 2015 | 2,672 | 483 | 84.7% | 15.3% | |
| 2014 | 2,704 | 406 | 86.9% | 13.1% | |
| 2013 | 2,508 | 374 | 87.0% | 13.0% | |
| 2012 | 2,326 | 324 | 87.8% | 12.2% | |
| 2011 | 2,337 | 320 | 87.9% | 12.1% | |
| 2010 | 2,310 | 243 | 90.5% | 9.5% |

Additionally, female medical assistant externships tend to be older than male medical assistant externships. The average age of a female medical assistant externship is 36.9, while the average age of a male medical assistant externship is 34.7.
While the majority of U.S. medical assistant externships are female in 2022, there are still some occupations where males dominate. For example, 70% of masseur are male. On the other hand, some medical assistant externship jobs are dominated by females. 92% of pathology transcriptionist, for instance, are female.
Like most jobs, there's a gender pay gap among medical assistant externships. The average male medical assistant externship earns an average annual salary of $37,868, while the average female medical assistant externship earns an average annual income of $36,999, meaning female medical assistant externships make 98 cents for every dollar a man earns.
Are medical assistant externships jobs male or female dominated?
Medical Assistant Externship jobs are female dominated. 83.3% of medical assistant externships are female and 16.700000000000003% of medical assistant externships are male in the United States.
How has the number of female medical assistant externships changed over time?
The number of female medical assistant externships has decreased by -7.2% since 2010. In 2010, there were 90.5% female medical assistant externships and the latest data shows that there are 83.3% female medical assistant externships in the U.S.

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