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Career Information for Physician Assistants in North Carolina

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Fast Facts for Physician Assistants in North Carolina

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Fayetteville, Greenville, and Winston-Salem
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Charlotte, Raleigh, and Hickory
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Greensboro, Charlotte, and Durham

Salaries for Physician Assistants in North Carolina

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Charlotte, Wilmington, and Fayetteville. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Physician Assistants in North Carolina are listed below.

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North Carolina Physician Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
East Carolina UniversityGreenvilleDoctorate & First Professional25,990
High Point UniversityHigh PointMasters3,064
Lenoir-Rhyne UniversityHickoryMasters1,626
Methodist UniversityFayettevilleMasters2,118
Wake Forest UniversityWinston SalemDoctorate & First Professional6,788

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Physician Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for North Carolina. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Physician Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Physician Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

NORTH CAROLINA

   
Fayetteville280$83,3004.7
Greenville150$80,2104.5
Winston-Salem260$81,2502.4
Durham290$77,5602.1
Wilmington140$85,5102
Greensboro360$81,5201.9
Goldsboro30$80,1901.8
Asheville140$82,3001.6
Hickory120$81,6301.5
Raleigh240$82,0400.9
Charlotte320$86,3200.7
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