State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Iowa vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Iowa, $134,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.1% — not 18%.
Nominal pay gap
-18%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-0.1%
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
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.