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Physician Assistants pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physician Assistants is $104,960 per year in Alabama. It is $150,700 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 30.4% below Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-1071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 930 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 700 in Alaska. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.