Physician assistant salary in North Dakota

Physician assistant pay by percentile

Ten percent of North Dakota physician assistants earned less than $77,300 and ten percent earned more than $173,860, a spread of $96,560. Where you land depends mostly on specialty, setting, experience and how the productivity pay is built, which is why two offers in the same city can be far apart.

Physician assistant pay by metro area

BLS published PA pay for 4 metro areas that include part of North Dakota. Fargo, ND-MN has the highest median at $136,610. Metro estimates rest on smaller samples than the statewide figure, so treat a low-precision row as a direction, not a number.

How PA pay compares with other clinicians in North Dakota

The North Dakota PA workforce

BLS counts 510 physician assistants on North Dakota payrolls, or 1.20 for every 1,000 jobs in the state, close to the national concentration. The federal NPI registry, which also counts self-employed and part-time clinicians, lists 563 physician assistants with a North Dakota practice address, and 13 new PA NPIs there in the past twelve months.

Using these numbers when you negotiate

A state median is a reference point, not a target. If an offer comes in under $107,030, it sits in the bottom quarter of what North Dakota physician assistants earn, and you should know why before you sign: a new-grad rate, a light schedule, or a base kept low because a productivity bonus is supposed to make up the difference. If it is above $155,010, ask what is expected in return, such as call, volume targets or a longer non-compete.

Compare the whole package, not the base: how the bonus is calculated, call pay, CME, PTO and who pays malpractice tail coverage. The negotiation guide and the contract checklist walk through each term.