State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Georgia, $115,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.4%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $115,390
- p25
- $62,230
- p75
- $141,740
- p10
- $62,230
- p90
- $172,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.