State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs New Mexico
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In New Mexico, $139,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
New Jersey vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+0.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
New Mexico
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $139,920
- p25
- $106,240
- p75
- $153,560
- p10
- $70,010
- p90
- $172,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.