What physician assistants are paid in all 50 states

State

No. of employed PAs

PAs per 1,000 jobs

Rank

State

Average hourly wage

Average salary

New York

13,760

1.584

1

Alaska

$72.32

$150,430

Connecticut

2,310

1.499

2

Connecticut

$70.24

$146,110

Maine

830

1.442

3

Rhode Island

$65.29

$135,800

Alaska

430

1.440

4

California

$64.99

$135,180

North Carolina

6,140

1.432

5

Nevada

$64.77

$134,710

Montana

650

1.419

6

New Jersey

$63.08

$131,210

West Virginia

920

1.417

7

Washington

$62.46

$129,910

Pennsylvania

7,300

1.324

8

Vermont

$61.56

$128,050

South Dakota

510

1.236

9

New York

$60.76

$126,370

Nebraska

1,150

1.216

10

New Hampshire

$59.65

$124,080

Colorado

3,080

1.194

11

New Mexico

$59.43

$123,620

Georgia

5,080

1.180

12

Minnesota

$58.79

$122,280

Maryland

2,930

1.162

13

North Dakota

$57.34

$119,270

Michigan

4,350

1.109

14

Oregon

$57.24

$119,050

Idaho

790

1.098

15

Oklahoma

$56.79

$118,130

Massachusetts

3,650

1.091

16

Idaho

$56.71

$117,960

Delaware

440

1.033

17

Massachusetts

$56.65

$117,830

New Hampshire

620

1.001

18

Iowa

$56.62

$117,770

Oklahoma

1,510

0.969

19

Wyoming

$56.57

$117,660

Wisconsin

2,580

0.953

20

Maine

$56.34

$117,180

Minnesota

2,570

0.947

21

Montana

$56.30

$117,100

Wyoming

250

0.941

22

Hawaii

$55.63

$115,710

New Mexico

720

0.920

23

Maryland

$55.27

$114,970

Vermont

260

0.909

24

District of Columbia

$54.97

$114,330

Arizona

2,510

0.887

25

Arizona

$54.74

$113,850

Washington

2,780

0.870

26

Wisconsin

$54.73

$113,830

Florida

7,310

0.866

27

West Virginia

$54.70

$113,770

Ohio

4,440

0.864

28

Nebraska

$54.44

$113,240

Oregon

1,550

0.856

29

North Carolina

$54.09

$112,510

Kansas

1,030

0.777

30

Texas

$53.94

$112,200

South Carolina

1,530

0.757

31

Delaware

$53.86

$112,020

Texas

8,990

0.743

32

Michigan

$53.39

$111,050

Utah

1,100

0.738

33

Colorado

$53.06

$110,370

District of Columbia

500

0.730

34

Illinois

$52.97

$110,190

Tennessee

2,080

0.715

35

Kansas

$52.71

$109,640

Nevada

880

0.704

36

South Dakota

$52.54

$109,290

California

11,490

0.699

37

Florida

$52.32

$108,820

Virginia

2,490

0.672

38

Utah

$52.22

$108,620

Iowa

940

0.638

39

Virginia

$51.94

$108,040

New Jersey

2,350

0.621

40

Ohio

$51.73

$107,600

North Dakota

250

0.616

41

Pennsylvania

$51.69

$107,520

Kentucky

1,070

0.598

42

Georgia

$50.11

$104,230

Louisiana

1,070

0.594

43

South Carolina

$49.59

$103,150

Indiana

1,650

0.564

44

Indiana

$49.05

$102,030

Illinois

3,160

0.562

45

Arkansas

$48.91

$101,740

Hawaii

300

0.515

46

Tennessee

$48.86

$101,640

Arkansas

580

0.491

47

Missouri

$45.20

$94,020

Rhode Island

220

0.487

48

Louisiana

$45.08

$93,770

Missouri

1,240

0.462

49

Alabama

$42.55

$88,500

Alabama

680

0.356

50

Mississippi

$41.05

$85,380

Mississippi

290

0.266

51

Kentucky

$38.17

$79,390