State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Virginia
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Virginia, $135,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
New Jersey vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
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%
Virginia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $135,940
- p25
- $120,580
- p75
- $162,790
- p10
- $98,330
- p90
- $213,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.