State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Oregon vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Oregon, $155,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.2%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $155,780
- p25
- $134,390
- p75
- $169,550
- p10
- $123,100
- p90
- $198,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.