State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Hawaii vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Hawaii, $164,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
-1%
Hawaii vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-2.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $164,050
- p25
- $126,780
- p75
- $170,060
- p10
- $79,280
- p90
- $178,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.