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Average Physician Assistants Salary in Saginaw, MI

Physician Assistants in Saginaw, MI earn a median annual salary of $130,540, which is -2.0% compared to the national median. There are 150 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$130,540
Saginaw, MI median annual wage
$63/hour median
-2.0%
Difference vs national median
National median is $133,260
150
Local employment
1.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.83
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$98,270
25th
$112,680
Median
$130,540
75th
$135,610
90th
$168,820

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 Saginaw, MI, 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
90.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$143,623
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 95.8%
Rents: 63.6%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

MetroMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$215,600CompareN/A
Napa, CA$183,930CompareN/A
Vallejo, CA$180,540Compare130
Modesto, CA$178,520Compare200
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$167,090Compare1,980
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$166,730Compare1,160

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 Saginaw, MI

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Chief Executives$209,4700.65
Dentists, General$161,0801.01
Computer And Information Systems Managers$143,6900.44
Pharmacists$139,4101.08
Architectural And Engineering Managers$138,1801.56
Physician Assistants$130,5401.83
Nurse Practitioners$126,5801.44
Managers, All Other$125,0600.30

Saginaw, MI has salary data for 281 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Chief Executives.

Historical series

Trend for Physician Assistants in Saginaw, MI

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.