State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Massachusetts, $142,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 13.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.4%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.4%
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%
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.