State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Tennessee vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Tennessee, $118,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.2% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.1%
Tennessee vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Tennessee
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $118,240
- p25
- $102,690
- p75
- $132,500
- p10
- $93,380
- p90
- $141,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.