US Salary Data

May 2025 OEWS estimate

Physician Assistant Salary in the United States

The national median annual salary is $135,880. This page compares official BLS estimates across 44 major metro areas with publishable data.

National salary overview

Median annual salary

$135,880

Mean annual salary

$141,280

Employment estimate

162,150

National annual salary percentiles

Physician Assistant national annual salary percentilesFive BLS percentile estimates positioned on a zero-based annual salary scale. The median is shown as a square.P10P25P50P75P90$0$190,280
Physician Assistant national annual salary percentiles values
PercentileAnnual salary
P10$99,380
P25$120,670
P50$135,880
P75$163,980
P90$190,280
MeasureAnnual salary
10th percentile$99,380
25th percentile$120,670
50th percentile$135,880
75th percentile$163,980
90th percentile$190,280

Highest-paying metros in this dataset

Ranked by annual median salary. This is not a cost-of-living or quality-of-life ranking.

  1. 1. San Jose, CA$223,640
  2. 2. San Francisco, CA$184,380
  3. 3. Urban Honolulu, HI$170,060
  4. 4. New York, NY$167,650
  5. 5. Seattle, WA$167,290
  6. 6. Riverside, CA$165,490
  7. 7. Portland, OR$163,810
  8. 8. Los Angeles, CA$161,890
  9. 9. Sacramento, CA$161,470
  10. 10. Washington, DC$148,200

Largest employment markets