State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Alabama, $104,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 36.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.7%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $104,960
- p25
- $98,710
- p75
- $122,830
- p10
- $83,020
- p90
- $145,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $165,690
- p25
- $134,710
- p75
- $192,370
- p10
- $117,860
- p90
- $207,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.