State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Utah
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Utah, $134,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
New Jersey vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
Utah
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,740
- p25
- $123,570
- p75
- $152,480
- p10
- $82,910
- p90
- $171,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.