Average Physician Assistants Salary in Monroe, LA

Physician Assistants in Monroe, LA earn a median annual salary of $123,020, which is -7.7% compared to the national median. There are N/A workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Monroe, LA (metro area).

$123,020

Monroe, LA median annual wage

$59/hour median

-7.7%

Difference vs national median

National median is $133,260

N/A

Local employment

N/A

Location quotient

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $45,250
25th: $88,460
Median: $123,020
75th: $130,860
90th: $161,140

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Monroe, LA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

83.6%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$147,158

Goods: 93.7%
Services: 72.2%
Rents: 42.8%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$215,600	Compare	N/A
Napa, CA	$183,930	Compare	N/A
Vallejo, CA	$180,540	Compare	130
Modesto, CA	$178,520	Compare	200
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$167,090	Compare	1,980
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$166,730	Compare	1,160

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Monroe, LA

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Nurse Anesthetists	$229,960	2.61
Family Medicine Physicians	$224,050	N/A
Dentists, General	$174,110	0.90
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$132,910	0.20
Pharmacists	$125,740	1.41
Physician Assistants	$123,020	N/A
Nurse Practitioners	$119,870	1.55
Industrial Production Managers	$116,290	0.61

Monroe, LA has salary data for 270 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Physician Assistants in Monroe, LA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Physician Assistants are projected to change by +20.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 12,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.