Physician Assistant Salary in Florida - FL

By an allied health world contributing writer
Published: January, 18 2010

Florida Physician Assistant Salaries

As of May 2008 salaries for physician assistants nationally averaged $81,610 annually and $39.24 hourly.  The average physician assistant salary in Florida for the 4,010 physician assistants who practice in this state were very similar: $39.50 hourly and $82,160 annual.

In most of the urban areas of Florida the physician assistant salary is quite good. The 280 physicians assistants in Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice earn an average of $44.11 hourly and $91,760 annually; the 130 in Cape Coral-Fort Myers, $41.12 hourly and $85,530 annually; the 130 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, $29.21 hourly and $60,750 annually; the 320 in Jacksonville, $40.53 hourly and $84,300 annually; the 750 in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale-Miami Beach, $39.57 hourly and $82,310 annually; the 430 in Orlando-Kissimmee, $42.05 hourly and $87,450 annually; the 150 in Tallahassee, $40.83 hourly and $84,930 annually; and the 810 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, $37.15 hourly and $77,260 annually.

Salary numbers are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Florida State associations for Physician Assistants

Florida Academy of Physician Assistants
www.fapaonline.org
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