Physician Assistants · SOC 29-1071
Physician Assistants Salary in the North Dakota
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025North Dakota
Figures describe the state of North Dakota as a whole.
Physician Assistants in the North Dakota earned a median of $133,450 per year ($64.16 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $77,300 at the 10th percentile to $173,860 at the 90th. BLS estimates 510 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Physician Assistants in the North Dakota earn more than $133,450 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $107,030 and $155,010.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $77,300 | $107,030 | $133,450 | $155,010 | $173,860 |
| Hourly | $37.16 | $51.46 | $64.16 | $74.52 | $83.59 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- North Dakota$133,450 median for North Dakota; middle half earns $107,030 to $155,010
- United Statesnational$135,880 median for United States; middle half earns $120,670 to $163,980
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −2% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in North Dakota
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for physician assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- North Dakotathis page$133,450 median for North Dakota; middle half earns $107,030 to $155,010
- $136,610 median for Fargo metro area; middle half earns $111,920 to $156,550
- $134,090 median for Minot metro area; middle half earns $83,880 to $152,000
- $133,450 median for Grand Forks metro area; middle half earns $104,220 to $156,680
- $129,650 median for Bismarck metro area; middle half earns $107,030 to $136,600
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for physician assistantss · Highest-paying occupations in North Dakota
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.