Physician assistant salary in Texas: $178,148
14,660 physician assistants are licensed in Texas, the 4th largest pool in the country and 6.5% of the 224,028 nationwide. The pay figure is a Kandidate estimate built from public salary sources.
Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS), as of 2026-08-10. Counts are providers with a practice address in the state.
Questions this page answers
How many physician assistants are licensed in Texas?
14,660 physician assistants hold a practice address in Texas on the Kandidate clinician registry (NPPES/CMS) as of 2026-08-10, 6.5% of the 224,028 nationally.
What does a physician assistant earn in Texas?
The Kandidate market pay estimate is $178,148 a year, the midpoint of public salary sources (glassdoor.com $221,746, rippling.com $134,550) researched on 2026-09-05. It is a synthesised figure, not an observed payroll.
How long does a physician assistant role take to fill in Texas?
About 35 days, modelled from the difficulty index, not an observed average. Roughly 7,000 similar roles were posted in the last 30 days, extrapolated from a job-board sample of title variants.
Physician assistants elsewhere: California.
Other roles in Texas: Nurse practitioners, Physical therapists, Registered nurses.
Every role and state on the Talent Graph. Machine-readable copy: hire-latest.json.