State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Massachusetts, $142,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.6% — not 14.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.1%
Massachusetts vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-11.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $142,410
- p25
- $128,020
- p75
- $169,980
- p10
- $65,220
- p90
- $204,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.