Across the U.S., male physician assistants are out-earning their female counterparts, with the widest disparity as of the end of 2024 found in Louisiana, according to the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants’ 2024 Statistical Profile of Board Certified PAs by State. The narrowest disparity was found in Vermont.
The report, released Feb. 12, reflects responses from 159,514 PAs who completed at least part of NCCPA’s PA Professional Profile, representing 84% of the 189,907 board-certified physician assistants as of Dec. 31, 2024.
Income figures are based on physician assistants’ state of residence and reflect total income from all PA positions combined for the most recent calendar year reported by respondents. PAs were asked to estimate their income, and midpoints of income ranges were used to calculate mean and median values.
The following analysis of gender pay differences is based on PAs who reported working at least 40 hours per week and reflects the mean difference in income between male and female PAs by state.
Here is the mean difference in total income between male and female physician assistants by state, in descending order:
Louisiana — $22,866
Alabama — $21,471
South Carolina — $21,424
Nebraska — $21,380
Arkansas — $21,232
Connecticut — $20,891
North Dakota — $20,232
Wyoming — $19,815
New Jersey — $19,739
Arizona — $19,615
Maryland — $19,271
Georgia — $19,265
Texas — $19,165
Oklahoma — $19,016
Iowa — $18,881
Nevada — $18,425
Delaware — $18,296
Tennessee — $17,801
Missouri — $17,704
Idaho — $17,609
Kentucky — $17,381
West Virginia — $17,316
Utah — $17,290
Virginia — $16,908
New Mexico — $16,856
Florida — $16,744
California — $16,684
New York — $16,593
Kansas — $16,512
Mississippi — $16,500
South Dakota — $16,227
Ohio — $16,102
Maine — $15,671
North Carolina — $15,640
Colorado — $14,801
Wisconsin — $14,766
Minnesota — $14,580
Michigan — $14,562
Illinois — $14,188
Montana — $13,868
Indiana — $13,719
Pennsylvania — $13,665
Oregon — $13,541
Massachusetts — $12,756
New Hampshire — $12,693
Hawaii — $12,620
Rhode Island — $12,107
Alaska — $12,080
Washington — $10,858
District of Columbia — $8,119
Vermont — $7,636
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