State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Florida vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Florida, $129,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.1%
Florida vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.4%
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%
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.