Highest-paying Cities for Physician Assistants

The top 100 highest paying cities for physician assistants (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of physician assistants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $176,460, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for physician assistants. It is followed by Napa, California (average annual salary $173,460). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of physician assistants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Physician Assistants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$176,460	$126,240	720
2	Napa, California	$173,460	$106,830	30
3	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$171,760	$94,720	90
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$161,680	$93,000	2,120
5	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$160,640	$101,650	140
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$160,430	$82,720	170
7	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$158,310	$124,270	60
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$156,670	$81,050	750
9	Modesto, California	$154,980	$76,630	170
10	El Centro, California	$154,610	$90,460	50
11	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$153,820	$129,540	30
12	Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$151,560	$99,710	50
13	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$149,490	$108,350	980
14	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$148,550	$77,580	100
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$147,520	$126,630	2,000
16	Yuba City, California	$145,550	$109,200	60
17	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$144,770	$102,030	30
18	Chico, California	$144,760	$107,910	70
19	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$144,260	$91,990	260
20	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$141,440	$111,310	60
21	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$141,300	$104,580	120
22	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$141,080	$79,810	120
23	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$140,680	$93,690	170
24	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$140,330	$109,160	40
25	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$140,330	$110,630	120
26	Fresno, California	$140,280	$87,190	360
27	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$139,900	$78,260	5,720
28	Homosassa Springs, Florida	$139,420	$81,550	50
29	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$139,190	$71,530	330
30	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$138,280	$103,970	260
31	Sheboygan, Wisconsin	$138,220	$105,080	60
32	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$138,060	$102,800	70
33	New Haven, Connecticut	$137,930	$115,190	570
34	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$137,670	$122,480	770
35	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$137,230	$92,030	2,790
36	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$137,110	$84,740	40
37	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$136,960	$109,260	70
38	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$136,820	$99,900	120
39	Redding, California	$136,490	$106,610	60
40	Billings, Montana	$136,440	$107,820	130
41	St George, Utah	$136,430	$93,610	110
42	Salinas, California	$136,230	$92,730	240
43	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$136,230	$31,730	60
44	Fort Wayne, Indiana	$136,180	$102,430	190
45	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$135,980	$117,500	30
46	Anchorage, Alaska	$135,730	$98,100	290
47	Visalia-Porterville, California	$135,500	$83,730	110
48	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$135,330	$105,370	1,140
49	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$135,310	$111,800	500
50	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$135,290	$107,500	120
51	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$135,000	$102,010	14,580
52	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$134,990	$97,890	140
53	Danbury, Connecticut	$134,990	$104,190	180
54	Bend, Oregon	$134,990	$101,310	160
55	Prescott, Arizona	$134,660	$103,200	50
56	Fairbanks, Alaska	$134,230	$44,110	40
57	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$134,220	$101,520	70
58	Springfield, Massachusetts	$134,180	$102,250	450
59	Western Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$133,600	$105,150	160
60	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$133,570	$85,570	80
61	Springfield, Illinois	$133,110	$102,360	70
62	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$133,090	$106,170	60
63	Waterbury, Connecticut	$133,060	$103,120	110
64	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$133,000	$50,640	160
65	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$132,820	$90,350	2,490
66	Glens Falls, New York	$132,740	$94,680	90
67	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$132,640	$103,640	260
68	Merced, California	$132,630	$109,990	50
69	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$132,600	$103,800	110
70	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$132,510	$100,320	70
71	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$132,370	$101,850	260
72	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$132,360	$93,380	90
73	Flagstaff, Arizona	$132,350	$100,790	70
74	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$132,270	$109,740	70
75	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$132,000	$87,340	380
76	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$131,870	$103,970	200
77	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$131,770	$70,900	170
78	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$131,720	$105,000	110
79	Midland, Texas	$131,680	$79,350	60
80	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$131,650	$102,480	80
81	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$131,600	$106,100	70
82	Olympia, Washington	$131,590	$96,340	70
83	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$131,560	$127,690	110
84	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$131,350	$104,400	1,330
85	Corvallis, Oregon	$131,210	$123,090	90
86	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$131,150	$103,500	630
87	Victoria, Texas	$131,080	$99,510	30
88	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$130,980	$91,340	1,550
89	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$130,900	$100,910	90
90	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$130,710	$89,800	180
91	Carson City, Nevada	$130,620	$49,400	30
92	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$130,610	$46,140	70
93	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$130,600	$89,710	70
94	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$130,500	$81,040	40
95	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$130,320	$104,190	90
96	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$130,310	$108,170	110
97	Wichita Falls, Texas	$130,190	$92,500	60
98	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$129,930	$85,510	50
99	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$129,830	$103,680	1,620
100	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$129,820	$93,020	50

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for physician assistants.