Pediatric Physician Assistant Salary in the United States

How much does a Pediatric Physician Assistant make in the United States?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Pediatric Physician Assistant in the United States is $248,120 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $119.

However, a Pediatric Physician Assistant's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $293,268
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $232,166 to $271,752
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $217,641
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Pediatric Physician Assistant Salaries by Percentile

Annual
Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $271,752 $22,646 $5,226 $131
Average $248,120 $20,677 $4,772 $119
25th Percentile $232,166 $19,347 $4,465 $112
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Key Factors That Influence Pediatric Physician Assistant Salaries

A Pediatric Physician Assistant's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Pediatric Physician Assistant Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Pediatric Physician Assistant's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $243,245
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $244,353
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $245,461
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $247,012
  • Expert (over 8 years): $251,170
Levels Salary
Entry Level Pediatric Physician Assistant$243,245
Intermediate Level Pediatric Physician Assistant$244,353
Senior Level Pediatric Physician Assistant$245,461
Specialist Level Pediatric Physician Assistant$247,012
Expert Level Pediatric Physician Assistant$251,170
$243,245 0 yr
$244,353 < 2 yrs
$245,461 2-4 yrs
$247,012 5-8 yrs
$251,170 > 8 yrs
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Top Paying Cities for Pediatric Physician Assistants

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $312,954
  • San Francisco: $309,527
  • Oakland: $303,004

What Skills Can Increase a Pediatric Physician Assistant's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Leadership (Mentioned in 4.11% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
  • Acute Care (Mentioned in 3.98% Job Postings): Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
  • Critical Care (Mentioned in 2.75% Job Postings): Critical care is sometimes referred as intensive care. Intensive care medicine, or critical care medicine, is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions that may require sophisticated life support and intensive monitoring. An intensivist is a physician who specializes in the care of critically ill patients, most often in the intensive care unit (ICU). Intensivists can be internists or internal medicine sub-specialists (most often pulmonologists), anesthesiologists, emergency medicine physicians, pediatricians (including neonatologists), or surgeons who have completed a fellowship in critical care medicine.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Leadership 4.11%
Acute Care 3.98%
Critical Care 2.75%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Pediatric Physician Assistant's salary.
  • Emergency Medicine: Can increase your salary by up to 5%.
  • Consulting: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
  • Radiology: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Emergency Medicine
$260,526
5%
Consulting
$258,045
4%
Radiology
$258,045
4%
Clinical Care
$255,564
3%
Cardiac
$255,564
3%
Medical Services
$255,564
3%
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How Education impacts a Pediatric Physician Assistant's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Pediatric Physician Assistants enter the field with a JD, MD, PhD or Equivalent degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for a Pediatric Physician Assistant with a JD, MD, PhD or Equivalent is between $220,574 and $241,691).

Pediatric Physician Assistant Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Pediatric Physician Assistant
Degree Level % of user with this level of education
No Diploma 1.0%
High School 1.9%
Associates 1.9%
Bachelors 1.9%
Masters 4.2%
Doctorate 91.0%
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Pediatric Physician Assistant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Pediatric Physician Assistant's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Pediatric Physician Assistant

Salaries for a Pediatric Physician Assistant can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $227,585 in 2023 to around $222,480 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Pediatric Physician Assistant salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Pediatric Physician Assistant Over Time

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2023
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2024
$232,991
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