State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New Jersey vs Wisconsin
Physician Assistants in New Jersey earn a median of $165,690. In Wisconsin, $133,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
New Jersey vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+7%
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%
Wisconsin
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,950
- p25
- $125,640
- p75
- $156,800
- p10
- $102,420
- p90
- $169,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.