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Physician Assistants salary in Longview, TX

Median pay for physician assistants in Longview, TX: $126,740/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $97,360 – $160,730 · about 80 employed locally

Above the typical metro median ($125,700) by +$1,040 (+1%).

What it's really worth in Longview

With Longview's cost of living at 89 (US=100), that $126,740 has the buying power of about $142,451 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $62,910 · median home $220,865 · median rent $1,203/mo.

Full Longview cost of living & taxes →

How Longview ranks for this job

On raw pay, Longview, TX is 82nd of the 180 metros we hold physician assistants wages for. Once Longview's cost of living is applied, it ranks 21st.

Pay here goes further than the headline number suggests — Longview 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 Longview

A median home in Longview, TX costs $220,865 — about 1.7× 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 $1,203/mo works out at 11% 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 Longview.

MetroMedian payvs LongviewRent vs Longview
San Jose, CA $208,000 +64%
Vallejo, CA $174,670 +38%
Modesto, CA $171,600 +35% 1.7×
San Francisco, CA $171,470 +35% 2.7×

Same job elsewhere in TX

MetroMedian payvs LongviewRent vs Longview
Brownsville, TX $150,600 +19% 1.2×
Tyler, TX $138,340 +9% 1.2×
Beaumont, TX $131,770 +4% 1.1×
Dallas, TX $131,140 +3% 1.4×

Staying in TX 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.