State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Idaho vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Idaho, $133,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.8% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.6%
Idaho vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.8%
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
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.