PA Salaries Up Almost $4,000 in 2010

PA Salaries Up
Almost $4,000
in 2010
2 National salary
Survey reporT 2010
5 State Breakdown
of PA Salaries
6 PA Salaries by
Select Cities
Full-time physician assistant salaries rose by an
average of $3,771 in 2010. PAs outearned their NP
colleagues, and this trend appears to be based on
8 PA Average
Salaries According
to Academic Degree
practice setting more than any other issue.
This report, which presents only PA salary data,
breaks down salary by work setting, gender,
9 PA Salary Survey
Questionnaire
Breakdown
geographic location and academic degree. Does
a mental health position pay more than a surgery
position? Read on to find out.
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photography by JEFFREY LEESER
National
Salary
Report
2010
Inching Forward With
Mixed Results
By Michelle Perron Pronsati and Michael Gerchufsky
➼ Inches forward, inches back. That
Interactive’s survey software. We collected data from
Aug. 23 through Nov. 30, 2010. Nearly 3,000 NPs
(2,956) participated in the survey designed for nurse
practitioners, and nearly 1,300 PAs (1,276) answered
the version created for physician assistants. Because
2010 was the first year that ADVANCE surveyed
both professions, you’ll note some differences in our
reporting due to our longer history of
gathering data about NP salaries.
aptly sums up the findings of the 2010 National
Salary Survey of Nurse Practitioners and the 2010
National Salary Survey of Physician Assistants.
These surveys, conducted by ADVANCE for NPs
& PAs, documented small overall salary increases
for both professions. But they also recorded a 4.5%
drop in hourly pay for NPs who work
part time. Given the troubled economy,
the findings appear to be encouraging
for 2011 and beyond.
National Full-Time
Averages
In terms of full-time
salaries, PAs make more
than NPs. PAs earned
Survey Background
Our surveys were conducted using
online questionnaires created with Zarca
Michelle Perron Pronsati and Michael Gerchufsky are the editors of
ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
Table 1
NP & PA Salaries, 2001–2010
Nurse Practitioners
2010
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
Average full-time NP salary
$90,770
$89,579
$81,397
$74,812
$69,203
63,172
Average part-time NP hourly rate
$43.77
$45.85
$40.32
$36.80
$33.89
$32.53
Sources: National Salary Survey of Nurse Practitioners, conducted in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 by ADVANCE for Nurse Practitioners. In 2010, conducted by ADVANCE for NPs & PAs.
Physician Assistants
2010
2009
2007
2005
2003
2001
Average full-time PA salary
$96,876
$93,105*
$86,214*
$81,129*
$76,039*
$71,046*
Average part-time PA hourly rate
$51.11
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Sources: National Salary Survey of Physician Assistants, conducted in 2010 by ADVANCE for NPs & PAs; *American Academy of Physician Assistants National Physician Assistant Census Reports for each given year.
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Table 2
2010 Salaries by Practice Setting
Nurse Practitioners*
Physician Assistants
(in descending order by salary; based on 2,956 responses)
(in descending order by salary; based on 1,276 responses)
Primary Work Setting
2010 Salary
2009 Salary
Change in %
Primary Work Setting
2010 Salary
Emergency department
$104,549
$104,369
0.2% increase
Mental health
$116,758
Aesthetics/skin care
$102,547
$105,152
2.5% decrease
Elementary or secondary school
$115,000
Mental health
$100,914
$100,140
0.8% increase
Cardiology practice
$109,030
Cardiology clinic
$100,881
$90,159
11.9% increase
Oncology clinic
$98,327
$88,856
10.6% increase
Aesthetics/dermatology practice
$107,727
Hospital
$93,943
$93,694
0.3% increase
Emergency department
$103,489
Neonatal unit
$93,925
$95,280
1.4% decrease
Surgery
$102,760
Geriatric
$93,668
$91,863
1.9% increase
Hospital unit (other than surgery or emergency
department)
$97,680
House calls
$93,390
$98,915
5.6% decrease
Nursing home, assisted living or long-term care facility
$96,364
Corrections
$91,630
$88,880
3.1% increase
Surgery
$91,511
$90,959
0.6% increase
Worksite
$95,296
Retail clinic
$90,170
$89,049
1.2% increase
Academia
$95,215
HIV clinic
$89,857
$88,086
2.0% increase
House calls
$94,383
Diabetes/endocrinology
$89,710
$85,244
5.2% increase
HIV clinic
$91,333
Internal medicine
$88,287
$88,903
0.6% decrease
Retail clinic
$91,188
Family practice
$86,518
$86,520
0.002% decrease
Family practice
$90,528
Pediatric practice
$85,618
$83,926
2.0% increase
Women’s health practice
$87,974
Women’s health
$83,687
$83,319
0.4% increase
Pediatric practice
$86,894
Academia
$80,400
$81,552
1.4% decrease
Oncology practice
$85,851
College health (12 mos.)
$79,139
$81,981
3.4% decrease
College or university clinic
$85,441
Elementary or secondary school
$77,513
$76,965
0.7% increase
Correctional facility
$81,404
College health (9 mos.)
$60,829
$63,452
4.1% decrease
Diabetes/endocrinology practice
$69,000
*Year-to-year comparison available for NPs only. 2010 was the first year ADVANCE collected data on PAs.
an average of $96,876 in 2010 (Table 1), while NPs
earned an average of $90,770. The surveys also documented a notable difference in salary improvement
between 2009 and 2010: Comparing ADVANCE’s
2010 results with 2009 salary data from the American
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Academy of Physician Assistants, PAs experienced
more than twice the salary increase that NPs did.
The average PA salary increase was $3,771, while
the average NP salary increase was $1,191.
That PAs generally make more money than NPs
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is not a new observation. This trend appears to be
based largely on practice setting. PAs more commonly work in specialties that also generate higher
incomes for physicians, such as emergency medicine
and surgery (including the really big moneymakers,
plastic surgery and aesthetics). Although the PA profession once attracted more men than women, today
about 65% of PAs are women, so sex predominance
does not explain the salary difference.
2 for NPs). Emergency medicine ranks fifth for PA
pay, and oncology ranks No. 5 for NPs.
The Gender Gap Endures
The gender gap long documented in salaries for many
professions also is evident among NPs and PAs. As
Table 3 shows, men make 12.8% more money than
women in the NP profession. In the PA profession,
men earn 10.7% more than women. It’s interesting
that the average salary of male PAs is so close to that
of male NPs — a difference of only $398.
So what factors contribute to the salary differences
between men and women among PAs and NPs?
Practice setting and practice specialty certainly
come into play, but further theorizing here might
be best left to economists and sociologists. (Do
you have an answer to this question? Start a
thread on our discussion board under the
Community tab at www.advanceweb.com/NPPA.)
Part-Time Pay
In the area of part-time practice, hourly rates had
climbed steadily over the years for nurse practitioners (Table 1). But the average hourly rate for an NP
dropped from $45.85 in 2009 to $43.77 in 2010, a
decrease of 4.5%. PAs earned an average hourly rate
of $51.11 in 2010; we are unable to compare that
to part-time earnings in 2009 because we did not
survey PAs at that time.
Practice Setting
Perhaps the most fascinating results are in the
category of salary by practice setting (Table 2).
Among nurse practitioners, work in an emergency
department produced the highest income in 2010
($104,549), with aesthetics/skin care a close second
($102,547). Mental health was the third highest pay
producer for NPs ($100,914), yet it was the No. 1
producer for PAs ($116,758).
Among physician assistants, the second highest
paying practice setting was elementary and secondary schools ($115,000). That’s in stark contrast
to NPs, whose salaries in schools rank 21st among
our 22 categories at $77,513. The third highest paying setting for PAs is cardiology ($109,030), and
this specialty ranks fourth for salary among NPs
($100,881). Among PAs, the fourth highest paying
practice setting is aesthetics and dermatology (No.
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Table 3
Salaries by Gender
Nurse Practitioners
In the NP profession, women make 12.8% less than men.
Gender
2010 salary
Women (80% of NP respondents)
$89,186
Men (20% of NP respondents)
$102,271
Physician Assistants
In the PA profession, women make 10.7% less than men.
Gender
2010 salary
Women (54.62% of PA respondents)
$91,662
Men (45.38% of PA respondents)
$102,669
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What’s to Come?
Looking ahead, it appears that NPs and PAs could
see their salaries climb at a faster clip … but not
right away.
Although some states are challenging the mandatory insurance requirement of the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act, those lawsuits won’t solve
the critical shortage of primary care providers in the
United States. More than half of NPs deliver primary
care to some age group, and roughly 40% of PAs do
the same. You’ll be vital to meeting primary care
needs, and because you’ll be in demand, salaries are
likely to rise in recognition of that. ■
2010 Physician Assistant Salaries by State
Detailed State Breakdown in Alphabetical Order (first entry is full-time salary, second entry is part-time hourly rate)
STATE
TOTAL
RESPONSES
Alabama
7*
Alaska
8
Arizona
40
Arkansas
10*
California
71
Colorado
36
Connecticut
Delaware
District of
Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
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MEAN
MINIMUM
MAXIMUM
MEDIAN
$95,583
$64,500
$127,000
$99,000
$119,583
$51.00
$96,921
$80.91
$104,615
$109,290
$42.88
$95,318
$46.99
$104,000
$45.00
$60,000
$35.00
$65,000
$71,000
$36.50
$65,000
$32.00
$134,500
$57.00
$200,944
$250.00
$190,000
$240,000
$50.00
$185,000
$60.00
$115,000
$51.00
$92,000
$60.00
$83,163
$100,000
$42.50
$89,952
$47.98
12
$98,975
$50.00
$89,650
$50.00
$150,000
$50.00
$102,000
$50.00
3*
$105,000
$80,000
$125,000
$110,000
7*
$96,762
$87,000
$114,400
$94,300
$94,531
$45.14
$98,036
32
$46.00
No responses NA
$84,606
11
$34.00
$92,996
39
$42.88
$93,259
20
$29.63
$93,121
16
$50.00
$84,750
16
$55.50
$152,853
14
$50.00
6*
$97,167
$79,436
11
$32.00
39*
$96,650
$25,000
$25.10
$56,000
$30.00
NA
$75,000
$34.00
$57,000
$41.75
$72,000
$38.90
$70,000
$50.00
$58,000
$54.00
$60,500
$40.00
$80,000
$40,000
$32.00
$70,000
$156,000
$70.00
$148,500
$60.00
NA
$110,000
$34.00
$175,000
$44.00
$140,400
$50.00
$151,000
$50.00
$165,000
$57.00
$900,000
$60.00
$125,000
$150,000
$32.00
$160,000
$90,000
$52.00
$97,000
$48.00
NA
$83,500
$34.00
$87,000
$42.88
$88,500
$38.90
$90,000
$50.00
$80,000
$55.50
$81,320
$50.00
$94,000
$87,300
$32.00
$95,000
$103,564
$58.00
$66,560
$58.00
$220,000
$58.00
$100,000
$58.00
$56,160
$37.00
$70,000
$39.00
NA
$73,000
$41.00
$150,000
$55.00
$116,000
$49.70
NA
$115,000
$41.00
$94,000
$40.00
$89,650
$40.00
NA
$90,000
$41.00
82
30
$93,732
$44.20
$92,891
24
$42.90
No responses NA
$90,923
14
$41.00
55
STATE
TOTAL
RESPONSES
Montana
6
Nebraska
13
Nevada
New Hampshire
3*
13*
New Jersey
30
New Mexico
7
New York
125
North Carolina
69
North Dakota
3*
Ohio
46
Oklahoma
11
Oregon
14
Pennsylvania
77
Rhode Island
4*
South Carolina
22
South Dakota
11
Tennessee
20*
Texas
86
Utah
14
Vermont
5*
Virginia
33
Washington
27
West Virginia
8*
Wisconsin
25
Wyoming
1*
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MEAN
$87,250
$39.00
$84,745
$33.00
$106,667
$100,220
$95,981
$47.65
$99,383
$50.00
$89,991
$67.67
$103,097
$45.83
$79,707
$90,242
$42.00
$93,183
$55.00
$94,154
$43.00
$84,981
$41.35
$109,125
$93,533
$37.71
$86,399
$48.50
$102,070
$112,742
$56.00
$99,222
$53.00
$92,402
$89,294
$53.83
$95,549
$81.50
$85,375
$100,234
$40.00
$124,000
MINIMUM
$68,000
$38.00
$68,000
$33.00
$80,000
$80,000
$75,000
$38.76
$64,000
$50.00
$50,000
$33.00
$65,000
$32.00
$75,000
$59,000
$33.00
$79,000
$55.00
$74,000
$43.00
$47,000
$34.00
$99,500
$65,000
$33.13
$73,897
$48.50
$67,000
$60,000
$37.50
$80,000
$47.50
$72,800
$45,000
$36.00
$65,000
$81.50
$67,000
$78,385
$40.00
$124,000
MAXIMUM
$96,000
$40.00
$110,000
$33.00
$156,000
$158,500
$120,000
$55.00
$130,000
$50.00
$213,000
$250.00
$700,560
$61.50
$83,000
$130,000
$50.00
$135,000
$55.00
$120,000
$43.00
$140,000
$47.95
$127,000
$152,000
$40.00
$145,000
$48.50
$198,000
$300,000
$75.00
$130,000
$120.00
$105,000
$129,500
$100.00
$125,000
$115.00
$130,000
$126,880
$40.00
$124,000
MEDIAN
$92,500
$39.00
$85,000
$33.00
$84,000
$93,000
$95,000
$47.65
$99,000
$50.00
$87,750
$49.00
$89,675
$44.00
$81,120
$90,040
$42.50
$87,250
$55.00
$95,000
$43.00
$82,000
$41.37
$105,000
$96,000
$40.00
$89,000
$48.50
$90,700
$104,104
$50.00
$96,000
$47.50
$93,000
$86,400
$47.50
$100,000
$81.50
$75,000
$98,481
$40.00
$124,000
*No respondents reported part-time wages
2010 PA Salaries by Select Cities
State and City
Alabama
Birmingham
Mobile
Montgomery
Alaska
Anchorage
Fairbanks
Juneau
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Mesa
Arkansas
Little Rock
Fayetteville
California
Los Angeles
Oakland
San Diego
San Francisco
San Jose
Colorado
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Connecticut
Bridgeport
Hartford
New Haven
Stamford
Delaware
Wilmington
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami
Orlando
Tallahassee
Tampa
2010 Average Salary
$83,250
No responses
No responses
$115,000
No responses
No responses
$91,615
$89,500
$122,157
$77,274
$188,000
$109,354
$105,375
$102,469
$105,730
$145,600
$72,000
$92,788
$98,931
$100,000
$85,525
$114,000
No responses
$105,000
$92,100
$88,901
$81,984
$120,000
$94,591
State and City
Georgia
Athens
Atlanta
Augusta
Columbus
Savannah
Hawaii
Ewa
Honolulu
Idaho
Boise
Illinois
Chicago
Peoria
Rockford
Springfield
Indiana
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
Indianapolis
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Kansas
Kansas City
Topeka
Wichita
Kentucky
Lexington
Louisville
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
New Orleans
Shreveport
Oregon
Portland
2010 Average Salary
$98,000
$100,677
$101,667
$72,500
$110,000
No responses
No responses
$80,250
$89,781
$84,000
$108,500
$94,500
No responses
$85,500
$94,000
$96,500
No responses
$105,400
$78,750
$70,000
$71,000
$101,348
$85,000
$125,000
No responses
$95,000
$94,000
$79,253
State and City
Maryland
Annapolis
Baltimore
Bethesda
Columbia
Silver Spring
Massachusetts
Boston
Lowell
Springfield
Worcester
Michigan
Ann Arbor
Detroit
Flint
Grand Rapids
Lansing
Minnesota
Duluth
Minneapolis and St. Paul
Rochester
Mississippi
Biloxi
Jackson
Oxford
Missouri
Kansas City
Springfield
St. Louis
Montana
Billings
Great Falls
Missoula
Nebraska
Lincoln
Omaha
Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno
2010 Average Salary
$100,000
$95,513
$116,667
No responses
$105,000
$106,857
No responses
No responses
$100,000
$105,642
$88,815
No responses
$86,750
$115,000
$88,106
No responses
$110,350
No responses
No responses
No responses
$105,000
$88,500
$90,200
$90,000
No responses
No responses
$85,950
No responses
$118,000
$84,000
PA Select Cities continued
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2010 PA Salaries by Select Cities
State and City
New Hampshire
Manchester
Nashua
New Jersey
Camden
Newark
Trenton
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Las Cruces
Santa Fe
New York
Buffalo
New York City
Rochester
Syracuse
New York City Boroughs
Brooklyn
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
North Carolina
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh-Durham
Winston-Salem
North Dakota
Bismarck
Fargo
Ohio
Akron
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Norman
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2010 Average Salary
$85,000
$92,000
$110,000
$75,000
$90,000
$90,150
No responses
$64,000
$81,659
$85,063
$96,813
$87,192
$85,297
$93,500
$87,647
$77,685
$53,000
$89,828
$83,333
$141,794
$84,180
$81,120
No responses
No responses
$82,000
$97,417
$92,750
$87,500
$106,667
$85,000
No responses
State and City
Oregon
Eugene
Portland
Salem
Pennsylvania
Allentown
Erie
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Rhode Island
Providence
South Carolina
Charleston
Columbia
Greenville
South Dakota
Rapid City
Sioux Falls
Tennessee
Knoxville
Memphis
Nashville
Texas
Austin
Dallas-Ft. Worth
El Paso
Houston
San Antonio
Utah
Provo
Salt Lake City
Vermont
Burlington
Virginia
Norfolk
Richmond
Virginia Beach
Northern Va.-D.C.
2010 Average Salary
No responses
$88,250
No responses
$84,079
$66,100
$101,251
$74,773
$102,250
$76,026
$99,667
$78,000
$88,500
No responses
$82,000
$170,000
$82,500
$88,000
$105,266
$79,000
$109,294
$124,143
No responses
$93,400
$82,900
No responses
No responses
No responses
No responses
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State and City
Washington
Seattle
Spokane
Tacoma
Vancouver
West Virginia
Charleston
Huntington
Wisconsin
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Wyoming
Cheyenne
2010 Average Salary
$101,000
$110,333
$85,000
$94,375
$100,000
No responses
$108,000
$98,000
$91,969
No responses
2010 PA Average Salaries
According to Academic Degree
2010 Doctoral Degree
Salary Breakdown
Doctoral degree
(2.90%)
Associate degree
(4.63%)
Type of Doctoral Degree
2010 Average Salary
$95,712
$103,365
PhD
$106,502
DHScPA
$123,500
EdD
$95,345
DHSc
$101,786
DrPH
$130,000
Other doctorate
$75,457
Master’s degree
(60.16%)
$95,745
Bachelor’s degree
(32.31%)
$98,784
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2010 National Physician Assistant Salary Survey Questionnaire
Questionnaire Breakdown With Results (Total respondents = 1,276)
Editor’s note: This breakdown does not include the questions about city and state of residence. For data reflecting salary averages in
states and select cities, see those individual breakout reports.
Are you currently an NCCPA-certified PA?
What is the highest degree you have obtained?
Physical Medical Rehabilitation: 0.86%
No: 3.92%
Associate: 4.63%
Psychiatry: 1.57%
Yes: 96.08%
Bachelor’s: 32.31%
Public Health: 0.55%
Master’s: 60.16%
Pulmonology: 0.86%
Have you completed a postgraduate physician
assistant program, fellowship or residency?
Doctorate: 2.90%
Radiology: 2.19%
No: 87.93%
What is your current specialty?
Yes: 12.07%
Academics: 1.41%
Rheumatology: 0.47%
Surgery: 12.93%
Addiction Medicine: 0.47%
What is your primary employment setting?
What type of postgraduate PA program,
fellowship or residency did you complete?
Allergy/Immunology: 0.71%
Academia: 2.98%
Anesthesiology: 0.31%
Aesthetics/Dermatology Practice: 2.74%
Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Surgery: 1.30%
Cardiology: 4.15%
Cardiology Practice: 3.13%
Critical Care: 1.30%
Critical Care: 1.18%
College or University Clinic: 1.41%
Dermatology/Dermatologic Surgery: 1.30%
Dermatology/Aesthetics: 3.13%
Correctional Facility: 1.10%
Emergency Medicine: 22.08%
Emergency Medicine: 13.71%
Diabetes/Endocrinology Practice: 0.39%
Hospital Internal Medicine: 3.90%
Endocrinology: 0.55%
Elementary or Secondary School: 0.08%
Multispecialty: 15.58%
Family/General Medicine: 22.02%
Emergency Department: 12.07%
Neonatology: 2.60%
Gastroenterology: 1.65%
Family Practice: 24.53%
Nephrology: 0%
Geriatrics: 1.10%
HIV Clinic: 0.47%
Neurosurgery: 1.30%
Hematology/Oncology: 2.19%
Obstetrics/Gynecology: 0.65%
Hospital Medicine: 2.59%
Hospital Unit (Other Than Surgery or Emergency
Department): 17.40%
Orthopedics: 11.04%
Internal Medicine: 7.05%
House Calls: 0.55%
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery: 0%
Neonatology: 0.24%
Mental Health Setting: 1.10%
Psychiatry: 3.25%
Neurology: 0.71%
Rheumatology: 1.95%
Obstetrics/Gynecology: 2.43%
Nursing Home, Assisted Living or Long-Term Care
Facility: 1.49%
Surgery: 9.09%
Occupational Medicine: 2.19%
Oncology Practice: 1.57%
Urology: 1.30%
Ophthalmology: 0.08%
Pediatric Practice: 1.49%
Other: 23.38%
Orthopedics: 8.62%
Retail Clinic: 2.43%
Pain Management: 1.88%
Surgery Setting: 16.30%
Pathology: 0.08%
Women’s Health Practice: 2.51%
Pediatrics: 2.12%
Worksite: 6.27%
Questionnaire continued
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2010 National Physician Assistant Salary Survey Questionnaire
Questionnaire Breakdown With Results (Total respondents = 1,276)
Editor’s note: This breakdown does not include the questions about city and state of residence. For data reflecting salary averages in
states and select cities, see those individual breakout reports.
Do you work in a subspecialty?
Do you get paid for being on call?
No: 60.42%
No: 67.61%
On average, about how many patients do you
see per week?
Yes: 39.58%
Yes: 32.39%
79.77 patients
Do you own your own practice?
How is your on-call pay calculated?
No: 98.75%
Specific Amount for Unlimited Hours or Calls: 23.19%
Yes: 1.25%
Base Amount Plus Extra for Calls: 22.46%
On average, how many recommendations for
over-the-counter medications do you make per
week?
Hourly Rate: 28.99%
How many hours a week to you work in your
primary employment setting?
Percentage of Salary: 7.97%
Other: 17.39%
Full Time (35 hours or more): 90.83%
Part Time (less than 35 hours): 9.17%
What is your current full-time annual salary?
$96,876
$51.11
Health Insurance: 87.77%
Paid Continuing Education: 80.64%
Paid Time Off: 87.30%
Profit Sharing: 21.94%
Retirement Plan: 75.08%
Tuition Reimbursement: 23.51%
How many years have you practiced as a
physician assistant?
11.49
On average, how many prescriptions do you
write per week?
71.41 prescriptions
Which of the following benefits does your
employer offer, either fully or partially paid?
(check all that apply)
Professional Association Dues: 60.27%
What is the hourly rate of your primary part-time
position?
29.32 recommendations
Malpractice Insurance: 91.07%
Other: 10.89%
Does your job include call duty?
Do you purchase your own malpractice insurance
(whether or not your employer offers it)?
No: 66.61%
No: 93.18%
Yes: 33.39%
Yes: 6.82%
Do you plan to open your own healthcare-related
business in the next 5 years?
No: 91.69%
Yes: 8.31%
Select the most appropriate descriptor for the
geography of your work setting.
Rural: 20.38%
Suburban: 43.81%
Urban: 35.82%
What is your gender?
Female: 54.62%
Male: 45.38%
What is your age?
42.73
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