State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Montana vs New Jersey
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Montana, $141,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.6%
Montana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $141,470
- p25
- $129,750
- p75
- $156,350
- p10
- $112,200
- p90
- $165,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.