How much does a PA get paid a year?

The states that pay physician assistants the highest mean salary are Connecticut ($137,060), Washington ($129,520), New Jersey ($129,440), Alaska ($128,530), and California ($127,520).

The average pay rate for physician assistants based on specialization are:

• Addiction Medicine averages $113,864 a year

• Adolescent Medicine averages $91,045 a year

• Anesthesiology averages $107,421 a year

• Critical Care Medicine averages $125,522 a year

• Dermatology averages $129,246 a year

• Emergency Medicine averages $125,110 a year

• Family Medicine/General Practice averages $105,286 a year

• Gynecology averages $98,145 a year

• Hospice and Palliative Care averages $106,333 a year

• Hospital Medicine averages $114,356 a year

• Internal Medicine averages $105,081 a year

• Neurology averages $104,933 a year

• Obstetrics and Gynecology averages $99,151 a year

• Occupational Medicine averages $111,286 a year

• Ophthalmology averages $100,067 a year

• Otolaryngology averages $105,913 a year

• Pain Management averages $111,938 a year

• Pathology averages $101,667 a year

• Pediatrics averages $94,526 a year

• Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation averages $104,150 a year

• Public Health averages $95,323 a year

• Psychiatry averages $113,417 a year

• Radiation Oncology averages $106,848 a year

• Radiology averages $113,440 a year

• General Surgery averages $115,427 a year

• Surgery- Subspecialty averages $122,477 a year

• Urology averages $109,532 a year

In addition to their base salary, many PAs earn additional income in bonuses and professional development compensation, which includes DEA license reimbursement, CME expense coverage, reimbursement of state license fees, etc.