Physician Assistant salary
What a physician assistant actually earns, from 135 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-10-01.
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What the number means
A physician assistant earns a blended US median near 150,900 dollars, with the typical middle running from 139,704 dollars to 166,400 dollars. The official trend has moved up about 19 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 5% of postings are fully remote.
Open physician assistant roles
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- Physician Assistant (Primary Care) INCENTIVE OFFERED at Veterans Health AdministrationTogus, Maine$118k–$210kTodayApply
- Physician Assistant- Orthopedic Surgery at Veterans Health AdministrationFredericksburg, Virginia$121k–$207kTodayApply
- Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner - Mercy Clayton Clarkson Breast Surgery at Direct employerMercy Hospital St LouisTodayUnlock
- Gynecologic Oncology Physician Assistant at Direct employerAllentown, PATodayUnlock
- PRN Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – Clinical Decision Unit, Mercy Hospital St. Louis at Direct employerMercy Hospital St LouisTodayUnlock
- Nurse Practitioner / Physician Assistant (APP) - Primary Care at Direct employerLiberty Lake, Washington$141k–$150k1d agoUnlock
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Quick answers
How much does a physician assistant make?
The blended US median is about 150,900 dollars, with a typical range from 139,704 dollars to 166,400 dollars.
Is physician assistant a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 5% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 29-1071. Live corpus 135 observations, 2026-10-01. Definitions in the glossary.