Participation in any IPC training and certification program is voluntary. Membership in IPC is not required for use of any IPC Training and Certification Program or for the use of any IPC Standard. However, IPC member companies enjoy discounts that non-members do not.
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).
As of May 2015, the median annual salary of a physician assistant was $98,180 according to the BLS, with most earning between $62,760 and $139,540. The APPA estimates that there are approximately 94,400 certified PAs in the United States, as of 2014.