State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Maryland vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Maryland, $137,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Maryland vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $137,560
- p25
- $125,140
- p75
- $160,090
- p10
- $110,190
- p90
- $174,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.