State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Texas vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Texas, $134,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 18.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.1%
Texas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-9.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Texas
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,550
- p25
- $122,720
- p75
- $156,000
- p10
- $102,650
- p90
- $169,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.