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Physician Assistants salary in Hagerstown, MD

Median pay for physician assistants in Hagerstown, MD: $120,920/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $43,060 – $159,900 · about 100 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($125,700) by −$4,780 (-4%).

What it's really worth in Hagerstown

With Hagerstown's cost of living at 95 (US=100), that $120,920 has the buying power of about $126,804 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $72,751 · median home $324,997 · median rent $1,596/mo.

Full Hagerstown cost of living & taxes →

How Hagerstown ranks for this job

On raw pay, Hagerstown, MD is 121st of the 180 metros we hold physician assistants wages for. Once Hagerstown's cost of living is applied, it ranks 110th.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Hagerstown sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Hagerstown

A median home in Hagerstown, MD costs $324,997 — about 2.7× 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 $1,596/mo works out at 16% 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 Hagerstown.

MetroMedian payvs HagerstownRent vs Hagerstown
San Jose, CA $208,000 +72% 2.3×
Vallejo, CA $174,670 +44% 1.5×
Modesto, CA $171,600 +42% 1.3×
San Francisco, CA $171,470 +42%

Same job elsewhere in MD

MetroMedian payvs HagerstownRent vs Hagerstown
Baltimore, MD $129,160 +7% 1.2×
Salisbury, MD $127,140 +5% 1.2×

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

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Source: US BLS OEWS (May 2023) median annual wage; cost of living from BEA; home price and rent from Zillow; household income from US Census ACS. Rankings are across the 180 metros we hold wage data for in this occupation. Estimates for guidance only. See methodology.