State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Idaho vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Idaho, $133,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 19.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.3%
Idaho vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,790
- p25
- $126,820
- p75
- $146,230
- p10
- $100,590
- p90
- $160,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.