State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Oklahoma, $136,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.2% — not 16.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.9%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+1.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $136,550
- p25
- $129,250
- p75
- $161,560
- p10
- $102,890
- p90
- $173,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.