State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Michigan vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Michigan, $131,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $131,510
- p25
- $119,990
- p75
- $143,030
- p10
- $104,000
- p90
- $162,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.