State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Mississippi, $105,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.1% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-20.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $105,920
- p25
- $82,580
- p75
- $132,680
- p10
- $44,030
- p90
- $165,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.