State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Kentucky, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $120,760
- p25
- $102,430
- p75
- $136,080
- p10
- $79,550
- p90
- $161,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.