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Physician assistant majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a physician assistant degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in physician assistant. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 5,214 physician assistant major resumes to identify the jobs physician assistant majors most prefer.

Highest-paying jobs with a physician assistant degree

  1. Starting salary
    $118,000
    Job openings
    81,744
    Top locations:
    Baltimore, MD;  Boston, MA;  Charleston, SC;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  2. Starting salary
    $92,000
    Job openings
    52,560
    Top locations:
    New York, NY;  Houston, TX;  Miami, FL;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  3. Starting salary
    $90,000
    Job openings
    63,558
    Top locations:
    New York, NY;  Philadelphia, PA;  Memphis, TN;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  4. Starting salary
    $84,000
    Job openings
    94,210
    Top locations:
    York, PA;  New York, NY;  Gettysburg, PA;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  5. Starting salary
    $83,000
    Job openings
    41,862
    Top locations:
    New York, NY;  Buffalo, NY;  Albuquerque, NM;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  6. Starting salary
    $76,000
    Job openings
    64,140
    Top locations:
    Bridgewater, NJ;  Dallas, TX;  Saint Paul, MN;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  7. Starting salary
    $73,000
    Job openings
    123,124
    Top locations:
    New York, NY;  Houston, TX;  Atlanta, GA;  
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  8. Starting salary
    $70,000
    Job openings
    39,752
    Job description:
    Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine on teams with physicians, surgeons, and other healthcare workers. They examine, diagnose, and treat patients.
  9. Starting salary
    $37,000
    Job openings
    102,960
    Job description:
    Natural sciences managers supervise the work of scientists, including chemists, physicists, and biologists. They direct activities related to research and development, and coordinate activities such as testing, quality control, and production.
  10. Starting salary
    $27,000
    Job openings
    189,915
    Job description:
    Medical assistants complete administrative and clinical tasks in the offices of physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare facilities. Their duties vary with the location, specialty, and size of the practice.

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Zippia created a physician assistant career map to help recent graduates find career paths. It's based on real resumes from job seekers with bachelor's degrees in physician assistant. The map shows the most common jobs physician assistant majors take throughout the first four jobs of their careers.

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Average physician assistant major salary by industry

RankIndustryAverage physician assistant salary Physician assistant salary range
1Health Care
$145,385
$99k
$183k
2Education
$125,418
$99k
$183k

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