State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Maine vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Maine, $131,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.1% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.2%
Maine vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $131,170
- p25
- $121,340
- p75
- $140,640
- p10
- $107,630
- p90
- $169,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.