State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs North Dakota
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In North Dakota, $133,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.6% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
New Jersey vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+1.6%
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 Dakota
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,450
- p25
- $107,030
- p75
- $155,010
- p10
- $77,300
- p90
- $173,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.