State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In South Carolina, $122,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 35.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.3%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
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%
South Carolina
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $122,490
- p25
- $105,560
- p75
- $134,100
- p10
- $77,620
- p90
- $158,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.