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Physician Assistants pay in New Jersey and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Physician Assistants is $165,690 per year in New Jersey. It is $160,880 per year in New York. New Jersey is 3.0% above New York 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 4,790 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and 19,140 in New York. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings