State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Georgia vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Georgia, $115,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.8%
Georgia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
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%
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.