State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Arkansas, $118,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.5% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-10.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $118,430
- p25
- $103,810
- p75
- $133,270
- p10
- $88,160
- p90
- $159,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.