Physician Assistants vs Nurse Practitioners
Compare Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Physician Assistants pays about $4k more.
Median pay$136k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureSome 33%, modeled
EducationMaster's
Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoringSpeaking
Median pay$132k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureModerate 61%, modeled
EducationMaster's
Reading ComprehensionActive ListeningCritical ThinkingWritingSpeaking
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Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.