State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Missouri vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Missouri, $135,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 17.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.8%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $135,130
- p25
- $121,680
- p75
- $163,170
- p10
- $82,690
- p90
- $169,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.