State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs New York
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In New York, $160,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+2.1%
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 York
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $160,880
- p25
- $134,480
- p75
- $174,710
- p10
- $106,440
- p90
- $201,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +13%
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.