State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Arizona vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Arizona, $134,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-13%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,650
- p25
- $123,990
- p75
- $156,500
- p10
- $106,030
- p90
- $174,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.