State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: New York vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In New York, $160,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.9% — not 2.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-2.1%
New York vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-2.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New York
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $160,880
- p25
- $134,480
- p75
- $174,710
- p10
- $106,440
- p90
- $201,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +13%
Washington
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $164,360
- p25
- $138,050
- p75
- $177,930
- p10
- $125,580
- p90
- $218,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.