New York, California, Florida, Pennsylvania and Texas are among the states with the greatest number of newly certified physician assistants/associates, according to one new report.
The finding is from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, which surveyed PAs who were board certified for the first time in 2022 about their job search experiences, salary and other issues. There were 7,486 recently board-certified PAs who answered at least a portion of the survey between Jan. 1, 2022, and Dec. 31, 2022. In addition, data for age, gender and distribution of recently certified PAs by state include all 11,092 recently certified PAs who became initially certified last year.
Here is the distribution of recently certified PAs in each state, plus the District of Columbia, according to the report:
Note: The numbers below include PAs who reported an address in the U.S. Nineteen of the 11,092 recently certified PAs had addresses classified as out of the country or military.
Alabama: 139
Alaska: 30
Arizona: 229
Arkansas: 50
California: 919
Colorado: 222
Connecticut: 193
Delaware: 24
District of Columbia: 25
Florida: 799
Georgia: 306
Hawaii: 25
Idaho: 76
Illinois: 355
Indiana: 199
Iowa: 93
Kansas: 65
Kentucky: 122
Louisiana: 130
Maine: 51
Maryland: 194
Massachusetts: 388
Michigan: 413
Minnesota: 229
Mississippi: 23
Missouri: 144
Montana: 35
Nebraska: 101
Nevada: 98
New Hampshire: 57
New Jersey: 327
New Mexico: 46
New York: 1,043
North Carolina: 489
North Dakota: 20
Ohio: 382
Oklahoma: 117
Oregon: 99
Pennsylvania: 723
Rhode Island: 55
South Carolina: 195
South Dakota: 39
Tennessee: 245
Texas: 628
Utah: 137
Vermont: 13
Virginia: 338
Washington: 177
West Virginia: 44
Wisconsin: 214
Wyoming: 8