State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Arkansas, $118,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.3%
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
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.