State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Tennessee, $118,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 40.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.1%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
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%
Tennessee
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $118,240
- p25
- $102,690
- p75
- $132,500
- p10
- $93,380
- p90
- $141,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.