Below are the mean hourly wages for PAs in 49 states and Washington, D.C., adjusted for cost of living. Salary data for PAs in Mississippi was not available. Becker’s calculated these figures using May 2023 salary data from BLS and 2024 cost of living index data from the World Population Review.
|
State |
PA hourly mean wage |
Cost of living index |
PA hourly mean wage, adjusted by cost of living |
|
Nevada |
$74.42 |
101.3 |
$73.45 |
|
Wyoming |
$66.86 |
92.8 |
$72.08 |
|
Missouri |
$61.68 |
88.4 |
$69.78 |
|
Texas |
$64.80 |
93 |
$69.68 |
|
Oklahoma |
$59.67 |
86 |
$69.38 |
|
Iowa |
$62.13 |
89.7 |
$69.26 |
|
Minnesota |
$64.84 |
94.1 |
$68.91 |
|
Indiana |
$63.04 |
91.5 |
$68.90 |
|
New Mexico |
$64.01 |
94.2 |
$67.96 |
|
Nebraska |
$60.74 |
90.1 |
$67.42 |
|
Kansas |
$57.44 |
87.7 |
$65.50 |
|
Illinois |
$59.00 |
90.8 |
$64.93 |
|
West Virginia |
$58.55 |
90.3 |
$64.84 |
|
North Dakota |
$61.22 |
94.6 |
$64.71 |
|
Wisconsin |
$61.43 |
95 |
$64.66 |
|
Louisiana |
$59.27 |
92 |
$64.42 |
|
Delaware |
$65.51 |
102.6 |
$63.86 |
|
Washington |
$73.46 |
115.1 |
$63.82 |
|
Connecticut |
$71.78 |
113.1 |
$63.48 |
|
Michigan |
$58.76 |
92.7 |
$63.39 |
|
South Dakota |
$59.09 |
93.8 |
$63.01 |
|
New Jersey |
$71.32 |
114.1 |
$62.52 |
|
North Carolina |
$59.55 |
96.1 |
$61.99 |
|
Montana |
$63.68 |
103.7 |
$61.41 |
|
Ohio |
$57.67 |
94 |
$61.35 |
|
Georgia |
$55.60 |
91 |
$61.10 |
|
Tennessee |
$54.66 |
90.4 |
$60.45 |
|
Utah |
$60.80 |
101.5 |
$59.89 |
|
Arizona |
$63.56 |
107.2 |
$59.30 |
|
Colorado |
$62.51 |
105.5 |
$59.26 |
|
Oregon |
$68.18 |
115.1 |
$59.23 |
|
Vermont |
$67.24 |
114.9 |
$58.51 |
|
Pennsylvania |
$57.58 |
99 |
$58.16 |
|
New Hampshire |
$66.40 |
115 |
$57.74 |
|
Alaska |
$71.39 |
124.4 |
$57.39 |
|
Maine |
$63.84 |
111.5 |
$57.27 |
|
Florida |
$58.55 |
102.3 |
$57.23 |
|
Rhode Island |
$63.20 |
110.5 |
$57.19 |
|
South Carolina |
$54.96 |
96.5 |
$56.96 |
|
Virginia |
$57.70 |
103.1 |
$55.98 |
|
California |
$74.02 |
134.5 |
$55.03 |
|
New York |
$66.54 |
125.1 |
$53.18 |
|
Alabama |
$46.26 |
88.8 |
$52.09 |
|
Idaho |
$54.75 |
106.1 |
$51.60 |
|
Kentucky |
$47.74 |
93.8 |
$50.89 |
|
Arkansas |
$42.65 |
90.3 |
$47.23 |
|
Maryland |
$56.39 |
119.5 |
$47.18 |
|
Massachusetts |
$63.72 |
148.4 |
$42.93 |
|
District of Columbia |
$60.62 |
148.7 |
$40.76 |
|
Hawaii |
$62.65 |
179 |
$34.99 |
|
Mississippi |
Data not available |
85.3 |
Data not available |
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