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Physician Assistant (PA) Salary. A Physician Assistant (PA) earns an average salary of $87,342 per year. People in this job generally don't have more than 20 years' experience. The highest paying skills associated with this job are Emergency Medicine and Emergency Room (ER).
The most recent data (May 2012) from the Bureau of labor statistics reports the median annual wage for physician assistants was $90,930 ($43.72 per hour). The lowest 10 percent earned less than $62,430, and the top 10 percent earned more than $124,770.