Physician assistants

Detailed Occupation

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    2024 Workforce
    167k
    Average Age
    39.1
    Average Salary
    $134,335

    About

    Physician assistants are most often employed by the General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals industry. The average yearly wage for Physician assistants was $134,335 in N/A.

    The locations that employ the most Physician assistants are N/A. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Physician assistants are N/A.

    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Physician assistants workforce. Physician assistants workforce in N/A was N/A people, of which N/A% were women and N/A% were men.

    Employment Over Time

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    The Physician assistants workforce in N/A was N/A people (N/A% women and N/A% men). This implies an average annual growth of N/A% between N/A (N/A) and N/A (N/A).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Physician assistants.

    During N/A, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were N/A.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $134,335
    AVERAGE WAGE
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    For all occupations across the US

    In N/A, Physician assistants earned an average of N/A, $NaNk less than the average national salary of N/A

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    Wage Distribution

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    WAGE GINI

    In N/A, Physician assistants had a wage GINI coefficient of N/A, which is lower than the national average of N/A. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Physician assistants (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Physician assistants and on wages for those in the field. General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals is the industry that employs the most Physician assistants, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Physician assistants, by average wage, is N/A (N/A).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Physician assistants in the US. The workforce of Physician assistants in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men. The average age of male Physician assistants in the workforce is N/A and of female Physician assistants is N/A, and the most common race/ethnicity for Physician assistants is N/A.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Physician assistants in N/A was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were N/A years (N/A people), N/A years (N/A  people), and N/A years (N/A people). Among them they concentrated N/A% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In N/A, N/A% of Physician assistants workers were Hispanic and N/A% non-Hispanic.

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    Races

    In N/A, N/A% of the Physician assistants workforce were N/A, of which N/A% were women and N/A% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were N/A (N/A%) and N/A (N/A%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Physician assistants from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Physician assistants is N/A but the most specialized major according to RCA in N/A were N/A.

    Among the necessary skills for Physician assistants, N/A stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Physician assistants need more than the average amount of N/A.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Physician assistants in N/A (counting all academic degrees) were N/A.

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Physician assistants workers were N/A (N/A people), N/A (N/A people), and N/A (N/A people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Physician assistants from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Physician assistants need many skills, but most especially N/A, N/A, N/A.

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