State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Iowa, $134,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.8% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+0.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,770
- p25
- $120,060
- p75
- $159,950
- p10
- $102,330
- p90
- $182,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.