State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Kentucky, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.5%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.8%
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
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.