Physician assistant salaries grew across specialties in 2026, with emergency medicine and gastroenterology leading the pack, according to MGMA compensation benchmarks analyzed by salary transparency platform Marit Health.
Here are the 10 PA specialties that saw the highest pay jumps from 2026 to 2026:
- Emergency medicine: 9.5%
- Gastroenterology: 8.4%
- Hematology and oncology: 7.0%
- Family medicine: 6.6%
- Neurosurgery: 5.5%
- OB-GYN: 5.2%
- Neurology 4.9%
- Cardiology 4.8%
- Pulmonology 3.3%
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