State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Minnesota, $141,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 14.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.1%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $141,190
- p25
- $131,720
- p75
- $163,690
- p10
- $112,390
- p90
- $183,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.