State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs North Carolina
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In North Carolina, $129,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
New Jersey vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+11%
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%
North Carolina
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $129,360
- p25
- $110,320
- p75
- $140,030
- p10
- $101,100
- p90
- $164,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.