Physician Assistant Salary in EVERY Specialty | HIGHEST PAYING PA SPECIALTIES
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Wondered about Physician Assistant salaries and how much does a PA make? I'm sharing the median Physician Assistant salary and how much the top 10% of PAs earn for each and every specialty. At the end of the video, I breakdown the best paying, most lucrative Physician Assistant career paths.
My name is John and I'm a board certified Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant.
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In this video we talk about Physician Assistants working in Family medicine, Pediatrics, internal medicine, Critical care, Cardiology, Neurology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, infectious diseases, Hematology / Oncology, and gastroenterology. I also share PA salaries in the surgical subspecialties, urgent care, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, anesthesiology, allergy / immunology, Geriatrics, Radiology, Addiction medicine, Pain Management, Psychiatry, Rehab / Physical Medicine, Hospice & Palliative Care, Ophthalmology, Preventative Medicine.
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Values presented were total compensation for the respective from the 2020 AAPA Salary Report. I also used the 2020 Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers.
All dollar amounts in this video are in United States Dollars (USD).
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Video Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - PA Salary Overview
01:47 - Other Factors to Compensation
03:04 - Primary Care Salaries
03:47 - Internal Medicine Subspecialties
05:23 - Surgical Specialties & Subspecialties
07:08 - Urgent Care and Emergency Medicine Salaries
07:39 - Every Other PA Specialty
10:24 - BEST Paying PA Specialties
10:49 - Additional Considerations
11:34 - Conclusion
Salary Breakdown
Physician Assistant Paycheck
How Much Do Physician Assistants Earn By Specialty
== TIMESTAMP QUICK REFERENCE SALARY BY SPECIALTY ==
03:09 - Family Medicine PA Salary
03:20 - Pediatrics PA Salary
03:32 - Internal Medicine PA Salary
03:51 - Critical Care / ICU PA Salary
04:00 - Cardiology PA Salary
04:08 - Neurology PA Salary
04:17 - Endocrinology PA Salary
04:25 - Nephrology PA Salary
04:33 - Pulmonology PA Salary
04:42 - Rheumatology PA Salary
04:50 - Infectious Diseases PA Salary
05:04 - Hematology / Oncology PA Salary
05:13 - Gastroenterology PA Salary
05:39 - Neurosurgery PA Salary
05:57 - Orthopedic Surgery PA Salary
06:07 - Cardiothoracic Surgery PA Salary
06:25 - ENT / Pediatric Surgery / Colorectal / Urology Surgery PA
06:32 - Vascular Surgery PA Salary
06:40 - General Surgery PA Salary
06:42 - Plastics Surgery PA Salary
06:45 - Bariatric Surgery PA Salary
06:50 - Trauma Surgery PA Salary
06:58 - Transplant Surgery PA Salary
07:16 - Urgent Care PA
07:27 - Emergency Medicine PA
07:43 - Dermatology PA Salary
08:19 - OB/GYN PA
08:27 - Anesthesiology PA Salary
08:35 - Allergy / Immunology PA
08:48 - Geriatrics PA
08:56 - Radiology PA
09:03 - Addiction Medicine PA
09:14 - Pain Management PA Salary
09:23 - Psychiatry PA Salary
09:40 - Sports / Rehab / Physical Medicine PA Salary
09:48 - Palliative Care PA Salary
09:56 - Ophthalmology PA Salary
10:05 - Preventative Medicine PA
10:24 - Highest Paying PA Salaries by Specialty
Occupational Medicine: $124 median and $178 for top 10%.
Any specialty not listed above was covered as "OTHER" specialties with a median of $117,000. Sorry to all you sleep medicine PAs out there.
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To become an orthopedic PA should we do Msc
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You forgot medical oncology. They command big bucks in cancer research and get boogie perks as chemotherapy drugs are very expensive.
I love your videos! Keep them coming 😃 i’m applying in 2022 just getting PCE and taking GRE. Very excited to get started. Thanks for the content 🙏
Thank you for the break down !🙌🏽
Props for the work it took to make all those graphics!
44 slides Ryan... it took HOURS. But it was worth it!
Great video man, I’m getting ready to apply this cycle and these types help so much, not just for the money but to learn about all the different avenues PAs have, what we should look for in contracts and everything else. Keep grinding the channel dude! 🤙
Maybe do little videos some time on just a quick break down of roles, duties and more of some of these specialties like cardio, derm, UC, etc
Very helpful, thank you! It's nice just to know all of the PA surgery specialties. It'd be great to get more info on surgical PA responsibilities
The more than salary slide was very helpful, thank you!
Very informative video. I did not know about quite a few of these specialties, especially the physical medicine specialty.
Love this, great one-stop-shop to learn about the salaries across the different specialties!
This is super helpful! I love this! Gave me an inside scope of the specialties I'm interested in.
Thank you! Great video :)
Omg the sound effects in this video are hilarious and made my day, I love your sense of humor!
Love your videos!!
Thank you so much, very informative content!
I appreciate you being transparent about the numbers. Once we can work out numbers we can feel free to assess the other things. Thank you!
This was awesome it’s so nice to know how flexible PA’s can be
Your channel is going to blow up bro I just know it. Keep it up!
Thank you for the continued support and have a blessed day
GREAT VIDEO
Someone gave you a thumbs down - that's how you know your channel is growing! :D Thanks for the great content. Seems like you do a lot of research for these videos.
Gone are the days of 1,000 likes and 0 dislikes. Oh well
I realize it's kind of randomly asking but do anybody know a good website to watch new tv shows online?
@@xanderkeagan3774 soap2day! i recommend installing an ad blocker :p
Thank you!!
Bro...great video. Very informative. The medical field is our oyster as Physician Associates. The pay scale is so vast. I can't wait!
Amazing video! As a high school junior, I’m looking forward to becoming a PA and your videos are helping me learn more about the career 😃
That's good to hear Fraz. I saw another comment of your's asking about the educational requirements and did a video you would find interesting: How to become a Physician Assistant: ruclips.net/video/uhN_gxiNoJo/видео.html
This channel deserve more subscriptions!
Hi John. I mentioned this video in one of MY videos. I hope you don't mind. I think you do a better job of covering this topic than I do.😁💰 Keep up the great work you're doing!👋🏾👨🏽⚕️
Omar! It's a collaborative platform man, thanks for the comment
Brother you're not clickbaity at all. You're right to not get too caught up in salary but it is important so thank you for being transparent with it. I've never been a fan of how taboo it is to talk about money.
I recently decided to do PA instead of med soooo this is very helpful!! Thx :)
Good luck!!
Awesome! Half way through my program!! Can’t wait for the pay off
I am a medic now, and an RN, how is PA school? I am honestly thinking about going to PA school because I really don't care for nursing, and the lack of autonomy!
Honestly Not too bad. But I still have a yr left. !
Thank you so much for this video !
I’m currently in RT school but, I don’t want my career to end there. I’ve heard that the clinical experience of being an RT does help pave way to PA. Hoping so 🙏
This is a super late response, but I'm an rt and just got accepted into PA school. The experience helped me alot based on feedback.
Thanks for the video this was really informative! I heard that PA could also have the option of specializing in multiple areas if they wanted to. Can you confirm this?
You're awesome!
I didn't know PAs could work in anesthesiology
Not for direct anesthesiology unless you have a anesthesiologist degree either CAA or CRNA degree.
Nice video man, I have seen some of your others as well. Not sure if you have it in the works but you should get a new mic. I think that would really help your channel take off as you already have a professional looking presentation.
Yes, I'm aware the audio isn't the best. However I already have an expensive studio mic hooked to a boom off camera. The main problem is not the recording equipment but rather the room I record in and having to use post-production software to remove ambient background noise / humming. Unless I flat out leave my apartment I haven't been able to mitigate these issues
the adlibs are fantastic xD
Love your videos, do you have any opportunities to contact you? I’m a pre-PA student interested in emergency medicine and Salus University’s PA program! I would love to learn from you!
Really good points, especially the area and cost of living. I’m a new grad PA who accepted an ICU job in California, and I’m making 40,000 - 50,000 more a year than any of my classmates, but it’s cause I’m moving to a high cost of living area. Also my current state SUCKS at compensation haha.
I'm planning on becoming a PA. I hope to work in either: Urology, Orthopedics, or General surgery. I'll just wait and see. I'm glad PA's have more flexibility when it comes to choosing a specialty.
Howdy . Fellow ER physician assistant here as well. Great video. Good work sir.
Getting this comment right before my shift! Solidarity 🙌🏽 have a good one
@@JohnThePA how much of a hit/drop have you taken er hours and volume in your area?
Seems like less people coming in to be seen, But higher acuity here in Texas.
All of April and this month we've been back up towards normal ER volumes. I did have reduced hours last year but have been back to my base amount of hours since March 2021(?). Lots of volume swings though and we did have a period where it was slower but higher acuity so the census numbers didn't tell the full picture
@@JohnThePA similar pattern here, but our staffing company hasn't seen fit to bring back staffing levels back to normal for our peds guys, or PA/NP. Used to be base hours of 15-16 12 hour shifts per month, now only 20 8 hour shifts, and not much opportunity for extra shifts elsewhere. Did you diversify at all doing urgent care or other part-time jobs during the big lull of volume in the major part of the pandemic?
Terrific video, very informative and well put together.
Restaurant Manager turned PA, and I'm in my mid-thirties.
If anyone is considering this career (especially if you've already got a BS 😀) Go for it!!!
How was PA school for you?
Hey, I like what you are doing with this channel, it has helped me so much. Thank you.
Have you ever had to disclose your RUclips channel to your boss?
In your opinion, would making non-professional style videos (for example prank or vlog-style videos) ruin your chances of landing a job in the medical field?
Anything and everything online could affect your professional career. Tread at your own risk.
I am currently in a Cardiovascular Technology AA degree program that has a median starting salary of $90,000/ year base pay. My ultimate goal is to become a Cardiac PA. However, after watch your video I see a PA in the Cardiovascular world does exist so I will now be putting Cardiovascular first the. Cardiology! Can’t wait to finally get my foot through that Cath Lab and EP lab after graduation in May 2024. I know it will be difficult but I plan to work on call as a Cardiovascular Technologist while working on becoming that CT Physician Assistant! Nice video thanks!
Best of luck in your endeavors!
I am attending pa school in the fall so this is soo interesting to watch!!
Good luck in school!
@@JohnThePA thank you!!
How did it go?
I know i said this before but when are you making the video to see if the pa field may be oversaturated. I'm currently a pre pa student and worry for the job future. I'm in the mid west so that will help but I'm just concerned. What are your opinions? I don't want to waste my time if the job market will be saturated and will instead move to a different career field. Thanks, and I absolutely love your videos.
Also same here currently a junior in HS. Maybe look at job outlook and growth, heard it was 30% in 2016 but now has changed dramatically due to the rona
Thank you so much for the information. I would like to apply for PA school.
Best of luck!
Great video M8 as a new grad who has worked in a hospital and a private practice I definitely recommend working for a private practice as you can negotiate pay based on production. Seeing more patients should always = more pay. I began working in a private practice seeing 20 patients a day and now see close to 50-60 a day. My salary has grown by $65k in 4 months. Patient satisfaction plays a huge role as well. Great video overall. Subscribed 👌🏾👌🏾
where the heck are you working?
@@johnlandry1218 pain managment
@@asmranonymousgaming901 How do you deal with charting that many patients
@@myoldvan119 Epic is...well epic to say the least
sounz like you're cycling truly sick patients who come to you for real help in and out just for the sake of money. you're putting quantity over quality. typical medical person. that's why unless someone is a surgeon, anesthetist, or radiologist i'm NOT gonna respect their knowledge.
Hey John, I know you have done both Ortho and ER. Which one do you like best? I've been an RRT for 9 years now primarily working in the ER, and will be applying to PA school soon. I've been looking into Ortho, but I'm used to 12 hr shifts and my brain is already programmed to ER mode. I just can't see myself working Monday through Friday. Any suggestions?
I personally hate Monday to Friday gigs. You may find an Ortho job with 12 hour shifts - especially if it's hospital or with lots of time in the OR. There are other jobs with 12-ish hour shifts as well, like inpatient medicine or an urgent care gig.
Hi John. I enjoy your work here. What is your take on salaries for a PA engaging in telemedicine?
Depends on the payment scheme: some pay you per patients seen, others pay a salary of say $110-135k w/ benefits, or some will offer $50/hr - $75/hr
What specialities can you focus on mainly with telemedicine?
I plan on becoming a pa too the money is kool and all but I personally love the idea of just helping people myself
Wow so many specialities to choose from But I am choosing cardio thoracic surgery has always been my dream to go into
The one PA in CT surgery that I know is a beast! She's great at procedures and super knowledgable in terms of ICU care
Can you make a video about locum tenens?
This was a very informative video, but I'm curious about the pay for sport medicine PAs
Hello darkness my old friend. Same!
Me too !
Y’all let me know when you do
@@nigel5634 hey someone asked the same question and he replied below. He says sports medicine would come under the "physical medicine" category he talked about. You can look up that comment :)
Hey John. I am super intrigued about becoming a PA. Are occupational medicine PA under urgent care topic?
The salary of occupational health would be somewhere in the realm of 100-130K nowadays. It's a rather cush work environment.
Sorry, I’m a little confused. Are these all starting salaries, or is the median referring to those who have been PAs for some time?
Than you so much for sharing this.
I am Currently as pre-pa student.
Can you please advice how we are able to match into residency?? Is there really an opportunity for pa's to get into this high paying specialties. Thanks.
PA's do not have a residency. Typically, we go through a year-long clinical rotation where we spend about 5 weeks each in all the main areas (familyx2, internal med, emergency med, pediatrics, OB/GYN, psych, gen surgery, and a couple electives). Your electives are the chance to see these specialties like dermatology, orthopedics, CT surgery, etc. Once you graduate and pass the PANCE, you can technically work in any area you want, but most specialties will usually require some general practice experience (like 3-5 years)...sometimes not, I know a lot of new grads that get into a specialty from having a good elective rotation experience (rotations are like 5-week long job interviews). I also know PAs that got into a specialty that was not one of their elective rotations...so if you didn't have a certain specialty as an elective, you can still work in that specialty. You can also choose to switch between practice areas at any time....so say if you were an orthopedic surgery PA for 5 years, and wanted to switch to CT surgery...you can absolutely do that. One of the beauties of being a PA vs. an MD.
Can someone explain me more the difference between median salary and top 10%?
I really want to go into PA program however I would be more than happy if I can talk to someone about it. If any PA can reach out 🙏🏼
Do you have a good agency recommendation for travel PA? Thank you
This was great but I wish it was in increasing order
I am trying to decide between Nurse anesthesiologist vs Physician assistant. I already have a bachelors degree . I just can’t be sitting in one place . I love doing stuff every minute. But I don’t really like talking with patients haha. I work as a pct now and I know I don’t want to keep talking with them all the time .
Not a video on school but I am interested in becoming a Physician assistant and have to start from nothing at 40. My school I am looking inti is Loma Linda and I have been in contact with them to see if my 14 years as a Psych tech would count as experience and yes it does. I asked if they would accept a degree from WGU and they will so I signed up for the Health science B.S program and it has some of the science courses in it but they are P/F and I was going to take A&P 1 and 2, Chem 1 and 2, and Micro at whatever college I can but will this be seen as repeating a course? I start WGU June 1st and also Biology online that is a prereq for Anatomy at my local college and should not count against me because Biology is not a prereq for Loma Linda just to get me into Anatomy. Will it give a good impression to the school if I get the requirements done fast. I love science and read the PDR and Taber's for fun as well as watch science lectures on RUclips so not saying I'm smart only it's fun for me. English is the course I am worried about most as I write what comes to mind without any goal in writing (obviously this illustrates this I know)
what is an anesthesiology PA?....from my understanding there are only AAs (which is separate from PAs), CRNAs, and MDs that practice anesthesia?
Two unicorn slides in one video would be a bit much 😂According to the AASPA, "PAs in Anesthesia functions as a specialty physician assistant under the direction of a licensed Anesthesiologist to develop and implement anesthesia care plans." AAs and CRNAs dominate the advanced practice sphere but there are a handful of PAs brave enough to tell the AAPA they work in anesthesiology 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
How do you become an anesthesiologist pa? I thought you had to go to anesthesiologist assistant school to be a CAA. Or is there a difference between the two??
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Hello
Which hospital is best for dermatology PA for international students
I'm currently studying nutrition because I love health and wellness. I'm super intrigued by this PA masters, but dont know it it makes sense combining it with a nutrition and dietetics degree. Any thoughts?
A PA school classmate of mine was a registered dietician before PA school
@@JohnThePA thanks for answering! so it's possible to utilize my nutrition background as a PA?
Great video man! However I did want to mention just like with any job, your sole reason shouldn’t be for the money.
I agree Luis, I tried to touch base on this under the "additional considerations" at 10:52. There are many more aspects to a good job than just the money. I was actually going to make a separate video on the other benefits and advantages of a job you should want before signing on the dotted line.
@@JohnThePA agreeed man just found out your channel a couple of months ago and your videos have been quite informative. For video ideas you should make a video on how to study for the GRE
Work place environment is very important because there is a lot of CRAZIES out there in every field and Healthcare is no different. And 10 idiots hit the dislike button over some facts. I wonder who made it cool to be jealous and Devious 🤔. Awesome video as always.
For middle class students Upto haw many percentages of fees i can get loan for pa program ?
Any thoughts on occupational medicine?
$124,000 median to $178,000 top 10% Cesar
My moms long term boyfriend was a Physicians assistant in the ER in Augusta Maine until he recently retired and I’m very curious what he was making but I know it was not more than 140k and he had been practicing for over 40 years
This might be really crazy and un heard of but is it possible for a CRNA to become a PA down the line or vice versa to get the best of both world? Meaning the flexibility to work in what ever field as PA but specialize in Anesthesiology with the CRNA pay 😅 that pay is outstanding as a new grad for CRNA but I want the flexibility in the PA field.
You would have to go through both programs, and that would be a lot of schooling, you might as well become an MD at that point!
You might as well become an anesthesiologist MD. To become a CRNA, you need your bachelors in Nursing, then at least a year of ICU experience, CCRN certification, GRE (some require it), then apply for CRNA school, which is highly competitive. Maybe you can go from there to PA school, since you’ll have patient care hours taken care off. But you may need to take prereqs again, depending on where you go.
My son who is a senior in high school is thinking about going for BSN. I would love for him to go for NP or PA. But he says he doesn't want to be in school forever. Can you pursue a pa program with a bsn. Or will that just make the journey longer if he decided to go that route after bsn?
Carol, yes! I am a paramedic, and a BSN prepared RN and I am thinking about PA school. He may have to take a small amount of extra science classes, but the BSN will work just fine. Since PA school requires some healthcare experience he could work a year or so as a nurse while taking the extra science classes, and most hospitals will even pay for those if he works as a nurse full time. NP, in my opinion, is not a good route! The education is low quality now, with the goal of just pumping out as much students (money) as they can, schools even make NP students find their own preceptors which is ridiculous! NP programs are also very focused, thus the PA provides a broader, medical based education, which in my opinion is far superior to the NP programs. The only advantage is NPs are allowed to practice without physician oversight in some states, while PAs cannot. With that being said, I do not think any mid level provider should be practicing without physician oversight, but that is just my opinion! Mid level providers should be an adjunct to physicians, and not a replacement! Just be warned nursing can be a miserable, draining, intolerable profession!! If he has interests outside of healthcare, I highly recommend pursuing something else like computer science or engineering!
What is the best spaciality for jo physician office?
Does anyone know anything about Genetics PA? There’s apparently only like 18 so it’s hard to find any info about it
What’s the average work week schedule look like for the median salary?
The data reflects 32-40 hours per week for median numbers
What are sports medicine PA's making?
I want to know if i have a bachelor in literature education, how can i become in phicician assistant?
Sir jo Dermatologist hote hai kya woh khansi , jukam aur bukhar treat kr skte hai ? Please reply 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I don’t understand looking up salaries and the data online. There are tons of job listings for PAs that are well into the upper 100s, but the stats don’t support this… I find this to be the case with lots of professions
PA CAN ASSESING WROK IN ENDOSCOPY DEPARTMENT PLS TELL ME ITS USEFULL?
What about physician assistant looking at getting in to oncology
Are these figures you cited from the AAPA report?
Nvm just read the description lol
I really don’t know if I want to be a NP or a PA, I’m still on the fence
I completed bsc physician assistant in india with 2 yeras experience in liver transplant consultant can I work in abroad
I want to be a dermatology 🥼❤️👩⚕️
How do you get in the top 10%
I'm planning on going into plastic surgery
Does anyone know if Pa can specialize in neonatal care? NICU?
I have question when you writing your personal statement on CASPA for the essay part. Do you have to write the whole 5000 words of essay or it could less than that, I’m confused.
5000 character limit, there is no minimum unless your program specifies something.
Keep it concise....I would recommend no more than one page, no one wants to read more than that, especially when going through a1000 applications. In one page, a reader should be able to understand your personality, why you want to be a PA, and goals beyond PA school.
@@mr.sirhoffer5553 I submitted the application in June waiting for acceptance. I apply to 9 schools from NYC
Make a video about how physician assistant from india can come to abroad for job
Were been taxes considered within these values? Thank you.
Gross compensation before factoring in taxes as they vary depending on your locality and situation
@@JohnThePA I am located in Italy, where taxes are included, but I know that for the US is different. Thank you for your reply.
I’m sitting here losing my mind at how much money I’m gonna get paid. I wouldn’t even know what to do with all that
Values are before taxes and other living expenses that will carve into these numbers. But it's good money
HAHA you will need It to pay off all your loans!!
Im in my first year working as an CAA and can confidently say we make more than what is listed here. Lowest salary I have seen was 130k for new graduates and the highest I have seen listed was 220k
what's CAA?
@@fallback8314 certified anesthesiologist assistant
I guess because I live in nyc this still doesn’t seem like a lot of money.
I am really thinking about either a physician assistant or medical doctor. The physician assistant looks more appealing because of the time frame of not spending my life in medical school and residency, etc. The physician assistant program is only 3 years versus 4 years med school, then a 3 to 7 year residency. Either way, tough decision. I also like the medical doctor side of things because I get to make the ultimate decision. Time will tell what I want to do.
It’s a hard decision to make. Did you decide yet ?
@@tarimo3241 IDK. I have a Bachelor's degree (4 years down)7 more to go. 4 years med school, then residency. This summer going for the post bacc program to brush up on science courses. A lot to think about. Haven't decided yet, leaning towards PCP.
Is there any way to become a pa within 4 years?? I really want to be a PA but I'm not sure if I want to study for that long
That wouldn't be possible
Hoping to be a PA in pediatrics of course that makes the least. lol
I'm not sure if pediatrics pays out less, if it's a supply/demand issue, or if people who get into peds want to do it so much that they are willing to take slightly less to get into their ideal speciality
Im from india and I am going to do this course is it worhty one
What is the best EM review course ??
I heard good things about HIPPO and I personally attended the EM bootcamp
Top earners of your age group? Did I miss something
Let’s goo 📈📈📈
Thanks bro