State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In North Carolina, $129,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.7% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $129,360
- p25
- $110,320
- p75
- $140,030
- p10
- $101,100
- p90
- $164,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.