State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Oregon, $155,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 6.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.4%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+1.1%
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%
Oregon
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $155,780
- p25
- $134,390
- p75
- $169,550
- p10
- $123,100
- p90
- $198,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.