State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Illinois, $131,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.4%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $131,950
- p25
- $122,780
- p75
- $145,600
- p10
- $105,160
- p90
- $162,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- 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.