State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Alaska, $150,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $150,700
- p25
- $126,530
- p75
- $169,930
- p10
- $106,060
- p90
- $201,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.