State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Pennsylvania, $127,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $127,070
- p25
- $107,260
- p75
- $137,220
- p10
- $99,050
- p90
- $158,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.