Physician Assistants salary in Beaumont, TX

Median pay for physician assistants in Beaumont, TX: $131,770/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $107,430 – $197,900 · about 70 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($125,700) by +$6,070 (+5%).

What it's really worth in Beaumont

With Beaumont's cost of living at 91 (US=100), that $131,770 has the buying power of about $145,137 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,427 · median home $185,608 · median rent $1,332/mo.

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How Beaumont ranks for this job

On raw pay, Beaumont, TX is 40th of the 180 metros we hold physician assistants wages for. Once Beaumont's cost of living is applied, it ranks 17th.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Beaumont is one of the places where physician assistants gain ground in real terms, because local costs are low relative to what the job pays.

What that salary buys in Beaumont

A median home in Beaumont, TX costs $185,608 — about 1.4× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is more attainable here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,332/mo works out at 12% of gross pay — inside the conventional 30% affordability ceiling.

Where physician assistants earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Beaumont.

Metro	Median pay	vs Beaumont	Rent vs Beaumont
San Jose, CA	$208,000	+58%	2.7×
Vallejo, CA	$174,670	+33%	1.8×
Modesto, CA	$171,600	+30%	1.5×
San Francisco, CA	$171,470	+30%	2.4×

Same job elsewhere in TX

Metro	Median pay	vs Beaumont	Rent vs Beaumont
Brownsville, TX	$150,600	+14%	1.1×
Tyler, TX	$138,340	+5%	1×
Dallas, TX	$131,140	+0%	1.3×
Houston, TX	$130,830	−1%	1.2×

Staying in TX keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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