Job outlook for clinical physician assistants in the United States

Clinical physician assistant job growth summary. After extensive research, interviews, and analysis, Zippia's data science team found that:

• The projected clinical physician assistant job growth rate is 28% from 2018-2028.

• About 38,400 new jobs for clinical physician assistants are projected over the next decade.

• Clinical physician assistant salaries have increased 14% for clinical physician assistants in the last 5 years.

• There are over 114,453 clinical physician assistants currently employed in the United States.

• There are 94,210 active clinical physician assistant job openings in the US.

• The average clinical physician assistant salary is $145,549.

Compare the number of clinical physician assistant jobs and the average clinical physician assistant salary over time.

The map below shows you the number of clinical physician assistant job openings in each state. The darker areas on the map show where clinical physician assistants earn the highest salaries across all 50 states.