State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs West Virginia
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In West Virginia, $128,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
New Jersey vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+6%
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%
West Virginia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $128,610
- p25
- $108,960
- p75
- $148,160
- p10
- $98,200
- p90
- $160,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.