Physician Assistants salary
The median pay for physician assistants in the United States is $135,880 a year. About 162,150 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $99,380
- 25th percentile
- $120,670
- Median percentile
- $135,880
- 75th percentile
- $163,980
- 90th percentile
- $190,280
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- New Jersey $165,690
- California $165,650
- Washington $164,360
- Hawaii $164,050
- New York $160,880
- Oregon $155,780
- New Hampshire $150,960
- Alaska $150,700
- Vermont $150,490
- Massachusetts $142,410
- Montana $141,470
- Minnesota $141,190
- Rhode Island $139,930
- New Mexico $139,920
- Connecticut $139,860
- Delaware $139,350
- Maryland $137,560
- Oklahoma $136,550
- Wyoming $136,080
- Virginia $135,940
- District of Columbia $135,140
- Missouri $135,130
- Iowa $134,770
- Utah $134,740
- Nevada $134,660
- Arizona $134,650
- Texas $134,550
- Colorado $134,540
- Wisconsin $133,950
- Idaho $133,790
- North Dakota $133,450
- South Dakota $133,200
- Nebraska $133,040
- Ohio $132,090
- Indiana $132,050
- Illinois $131,950
- Michigan $131,510
- Maine $131,170
- Florida $129,620
- North Carolina $129,360
- Louisiana $128,870
- West Virginia $128,610
- Pennsylvania $127,070
- Kansas $125,640
- South Carolina $122,490
- Kentucky $120,760
- Arkansas $118,430
- Tennessee $118,240
- Georgia $115,390
- Mississippi $105,920
- Alabama $104,960
By metro area
- San Jose, CA $223,640
- Bakersfield, CA $198,070
- San Francisco, CA $184,380
- Yuba City, CA $183,460
- Vallejo, CA $179,520
- Santa Rosa, CA $172,750
- Napa, CA $172,170
- Salinas, CA $170,180
- Urban Honolulu, HI $170,060
- Wenatchee, WA $168,080
- New York, NY $167,650
- Seattle, WA $167,290
- Visalia, CA $166,510
- Modesto, CA $165,730
- Riverside, CA $165,490
- San Diego, CA $165,160
- Fairbanks, AK $164,910
- Chico, CA $164,780
- Merced, CA $164,080
- Portland, OR $163,810
- Burlington, VT $163,560
- San Luis Obispo, CA $162,790
- Barnstable Town, MA $162,330
- Stockton, CA $162,110
- Walla Walla, WA $161,980
- Los Angeles, CA $161,890
- Springfield, MA $161,770
- Hanford, CA $161,470
- Sacramento, CA $161,470
- Bellingham, WA $161,260
- Santa Cruz, CA $159,030
- Santa Maria, CA $158,360
- Midland, TX $158,200
- El Centro, CA $156,730
- Fresno, CA $155,440
- Medford, OR $155,110
- Oxnard, CA $154,760
- Kiryas Joel, NY $154,610
- Kennewick, WA $154,230
- Olympia, WA $153,940
- Bremerton, WA $153,810
- Atlantic City, NJ $153,280
- Worcester, MA $152,860
- Anchorage, AK $152,710
- Grants Pass, OR $152,350
- Kingston, NY $150,470
- Joplin, MO $150,300
- Redding, CA $150,010
- New Haven, CT $149,960
- Bend, OR $148,610
- Washington, DC $148,200
- Spokane, WA $147,570
- Corvallis, OR $146,710
- Binghamton, NY $146,120
- Bridgeport, CT $145,400
- Eugene, OR $145,030
- Minneapolis, MN $145,030
- Salem, OR $144,190
- Lewiston, ME $143,710
- Greenville, NC $142,950
- Farmington, NM $142,890
- Salisbury, MD $142,580
- North Port, FL $142,510
- Boston, MA $142,410
- Albany, OR $142,220
- Mankato, MN $142,020
- Bozeman, MT $141,800
- Grand Island, NE $141,590
- Billings, MT $141,470
- Las Cruces, NM $141,350
- Cape Girardeau, MO $141,080
- Utica, NY $140,300
- Killeen, TX $140,200
- San Antonio, TX $140,160
- Norwich, CT $140,030
- Champaign, IL $139,950
- Providence, RI $139,930
- Albuquerque, NM $139,920
- Manchester, NH $139,210
- Ithaca, NY $138,920
- Oklahoma City, OK $138,920
- Trenton, NJ $138,880
- Baltimore, MD $138,790
- Hartford, CT $138,680
- Dayton, OH $138,400
- Slidell, LA $138,310
- St. George, UT $138,110
- St. Joseph, MO $138,060
- Albany, NY $137,850
- Lebanon, PA $137,770
- Pittsfield, MA $137,620
- Columbus, OH $137,550
- Elmira, NY $137,550
- Lubbock, TX $137,510
- Davenport, IA $137,420
- Rochester, MN $137,340
- Houston, TX $137,240
- Hagerstown, MD $137,220
- Lexington Park, MD $136,860
- Fond du Lac, WI $136,700
- Fargo, ND $136,610
- Yakima, WA $136,570
- Boulder, CO $136,540
- St. Louis, MO $136,120
- Houma, LA $135,960
- Roanoke, VA $135,940
- Ogden, UT $135,930
- Cleveland, OH $135,860
- Duluth, MN $135,860
- Janesville, WI $135,830
- Kenosha, WI $135,800
- Oshkosh, WI $135,790
- Sioux Falls, SD $135,790
- Philadelphia, PA $135,640
- Pueblo, CO $135,640
- Prescott Valley, AZ $135,630
- Flagstaff, AZ $135,600
- Jefferson City, MO $135,340
- Ann Arbor, MI $135,310
- Coeur d'Alene, ID $135,240