State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Washington vs Wisconsin
Physician Assistants in Washington earn a median of $164,360. In Wisconsin, $133,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.9% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.7%
Washington vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+7.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Wisconsin
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,950
- p25
- $125,640
- p75
- $156,800
- p10
- $102,420
- p90
- $169,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.