State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Virginia vs Washington
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Virginia, $135,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.3%
Virginia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Virginia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $135,940
- p25
- $120,580
- p75
- $162,790
- p10
- $98,330
- p90
- $213,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.