The annual salary statistics of physician assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physician assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $101,100 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $119,860 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $124,990 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $165,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $188,280 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physician assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $188,280. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $124,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $101,100.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physician assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $124,990 | -0.58% | 3.19% |
| 2021 | $125,710 | 5.61% | - |
| 2020 | $118,660 | -0.61% | - |
| 2019 | $119,380 | -0.10% | - |
| 2018 | $119,500 | 0.41% | - |
| 2017 | $119,010 | -1.67% | - |
| 2016 | $121,000 | 2.81% | - |
| 2015 | $117,600 | -2.89% | - |
| 2012 | $121,000 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $124,990 in Watertown-Fort Drum is in the middle of salary range for physician assistants in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of physician assistants in Watertown-Fort Drum is 7.4 percent (7.4%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 21.2 percent (21.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.