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What salary can a physician assistant earn?

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What salary can a physician assistant earn?

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Money Magazine, in conjunction with Salary.com, listed the PA profession as the “fifth best job in America” in May 2006, based both on salary and job prospects, and on an anticipated 10-year job growth. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) reports that most first-year professionals earn a salary over $60,000 a year. According to the AAPA, in 2008 the approximate physician assistant salary working at least 32 hours per week was $90,000. According to PayScale.com the range for PAs in the USA was $72,000 to $94,000 Physician assistants in emergency medicine, dermatology, and surgical sub-specialties may earn $100,000 to $200,000 per year. This makes online physician assistant programs very popular. Online physician assistant degrees certainly can be the basis for a satisfying career.