State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Mississippi, $105,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.6%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.7%
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
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.