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What physician assistants make

Job Bank's national median is $46.81 an hour, about $97,000 a year full time, with a low of $24.09 (about $50,000) and a high of $60.26 (about $125,000). The low looks like part-time work and survey noise: Alberta's job profile cites a 2024 average of about $131,000 from CAPA (the Canadian Association of Physician Assistants), and most full-time new graduates start closer to $80,000. Pay is set by the employer, usually a hospital or clinic, and varies by province.