The 2013 American Academy of Physician Assistants Salary Report, A Review
It's important to stay updated on the salary of a PA, specifically PAs in the field you plan to go into. This can have positive or negative effects on your future and could eventually enable you to single out the speciality, subspecialty, or practice setting you choose for yourself. This salary report also helps PAs ready to go into practice negotiate the best compensation package, hourly rates, salary rate, bonus packages, productivity measures, and benefits packages available. But this salary report isn't all about salary, it also talks about schools, coursework, and other information about becoming a PA you might find useful along your journey. Remember, this is just a review, so I'll just highlight a few that I think are cool and important, but if you want to see more, you'll need to purchase a membership. Lets get started!
The first part of the Salary Report is on PA Facts - this is basic information not regarding salary you might find useful.
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| Table 1. Table featured in AAPA Annual Survey 2013. This particular table features the area of medicine and surgery PAs work in by percentage. |
- The average PA program takes 26 months to complete; nearly all award master's degrees
- 93,000 certified PAs work in every medical and surgical setting across the country
- 37.5% practice in a hospital setting
- 38.1% work in a group practice or solo physician office
- 24.4% work in community health centers, freestanding surgical facilities, nursing homes, school or college based facilities, industrial settings, or correctional institutions
- Each year, a PA treats around 3,500 patients
- A PA writes approximately 2,600-5,200 prescriptions each year. [That's about 50-100/week!]
