State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Florida vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Florida, $129,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Florida vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-17.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $129,620
- p25
- $111,360
- p75
- $156,920
- p10
- $98,530
- p90
- $181,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.