State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Texas
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Texas, $134,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.9% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.1%
New Jersey vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+9.9%
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%
Texas
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,550
- p25
- $122,720
- p75
- $156,000
- p10
- $102,650
- p90
- $169,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.