On average, physician assistants earned $108,610 in 2018, and nurse practitioners earned $103,880, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
States where nurse practitioner and physician assistant job growth over the next six years was the greatest:
Physician assistants
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Minnesota
Ohio
Virginia
Wisconsin
Nurse practitioners
Arizona
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington
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