State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Rhode Island
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Rhode Island, $139,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
New Jersey vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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%
Rhode Island
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $139,930
- p25
- $129,690
- p75
- $167,710
- p10
- $98,760
- p90
- $200,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.