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State comparison · 2025

Physician Assistants salary: Kansas vs New Jersey

Occupation

Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Kansas, $125,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 24.2%.

Nominal pay gap
-24.2%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kansas

Physician Assistants

Median
$125,640
p25
$107,110
p75
$137,390
p10
$98,280
p90
$168,480
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
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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%
See full breakdown for New Jersey

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.