Physician assistant salary in Vermont

Physician assistant pay by percentile

Ten percent of Vermont physician assistants earned less than $112,460 and ten percent earned more than $186,960, a spread of $74,500. 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 one Vermont metro area. 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 Vermont

The Vermont PA workforce

BLS counts 410 physician assistants on Vermont payrolls, or 1.36 for every 1,000 jobs in the state, more concentrated than in the country as a whole. The federal NPI registry, which also counts self-employed and part-time clinicians, lists 433 physician assistants with a Vermont practice address, and 8 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 $131,400, it sits in the bottom quarter of what Vermont 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 $166,050, 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.