State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Indiana vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Indiana, $132,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Indiana vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.9%
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%
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.