State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Maryland vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Maryland, $137,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.3%
Maryland vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.7%
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%
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.