State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Colorado, $134,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.3% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,540
- p25
- $124,100
- p75
- $156,400
- p10
- $104,590
- p90
- $174,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.