State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Rhode Island, $139,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11% — not 14.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.9%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $139,930
- p25
- $129,690
- p75
- $167,710
- p10
- $98,760
- p90
- $200,030
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.