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Physician Assistant Salary in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

The annual salary statistics of physician assistants in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of physician assistants in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Physician Assistants in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$84,440
25th Percentile Wage
$102,000
50th Percentile Wage
$118,340
75th Percentile Wage
$132,500
90th Percentile Wage
$166,900

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physician assistants in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $166,900. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $118,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $84,440.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physician assistants from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$118,340
-3.76% 9.62%
2021
$122,790
0.59% -
2020
$122,060
4.63% -
2019
$116,410
9.26% -
2018
$105,630
8.43% -
2017
$96,730
-2.32% -
2016
$98,970
-4.82% -
2015
$103,740
-7.18% -
2014
$111,190
-4.24% -
2013
$115,910
7.73% -
2012
$106,950
- -

Table 2. Compare Physician Assistant Salary in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $118,340 in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is in the middle of salary range for physician assistants in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of physician assistants in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission is 26.3 percent (26.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Beaumont-Port Arthur and 46.2 percent (46.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Sherman-Denison.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$160,640
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$138,280
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$137,230
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$134,220
Midland
$131,680
Victoria
$131,080
Wichita Falls
$130,190
Longview
$129,490
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$129,220
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$128,590
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$128,320
Tyler
$127,980
Brownsville-Harlingen
$127,440
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$126,840
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$125,700
College Station-Bryan
$122,850
Lubbock
$122,110
Laredo
$121,880
Abilene
$121,020
Corpus Christi
$120,790
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$120,580
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$118,340
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$113,400
Odessa
$111,210
Waco
$111,130
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$109,990
San Angelo
$106,970
Dallas-Plano-Irving
$105,400
El Paso
$105,100
Fort Worth-Arlington
$103,490
Amarillo
$102,020
Texarkana-Texarkana
$96,520
Sherman-Denison
$63,700

See also: Top paying jobs in McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas.