State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Ohio
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Ohio, $132,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.4%
New Jersey vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+7%
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%
Ohio
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $132,090
- p25
- $109,780
- p75
- $150,000
- p10
- $96,460
- p90
- $210,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.