State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Oklahoma
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Oklahoma, $136,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.1% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.3%
New Jersey vs Oklahoma
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%
Oklahoma
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $136,550
- p25
- $129,250
- p75
- $161,560
- p10
- $102,890
- p90
- $173,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.