State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Alaska vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Alaska, $150,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 8.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.3%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.2%
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
Washington
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $164,360
- p25
- $138,050
- p75
- $177,930
- p10
- $125,580
- p90
- $218,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.