State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Pennsylvania, $127,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.4%
New Jersey vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+17%
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%
Pennsylvania
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $127,070
- p25
- $107,260
- p75
- $137,220
- p10
- $99,050
- p90
- $158,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.