State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Indiana, $132,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.3%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $132,050
- p25
- $123,220
- p75
- $166,230
- p10
- $105,810
- p90
- $196,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.