21 data points on PA pay in 2021

The mean pay for physician assistants hit $126,000 this year, but varies based on specialty and practice setting, according to the Medscape physician assistant compensation report.

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The report, released June 25, examines the mean compensation for PAs based on responses from 5,826 PAs collected from November 2020 to February.

Twenty-one data points on PA pay:

Annual earnings

1. Total pay: $126,000
2. Base pay: $117,000
3. Productivity or incentive pay: $29,000
4. Annual bonus: $7,000
5. Other: $17,000

By specialty

6. Critical care: $139,000
7. Surgery: $138,000
8. Dermatology: $135,000
9. Emergency medicine: $134,000
10. Orthopedics: $130,000
11. Psychiatry: $124,000
12. Cardiology: $122,000
13. Internal medicine: $121,000
14. Family medicine: $117,000
15. OB-GYN and women’s health: $117,000

By work setting

16. Operating room and surgery: $139,000
17. Hospital critical care or ICU: $135,000
18. Emergency department and urgent care: $132,000
19. Acute care hospital; inpatient unit: $129,000
20. Faculty, school or academic: $121,000
21. Medical office or clinic: $120,000

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