Of the 2,430 physician assistant professionals employed in Georgia, 250 work in Augusta. There has been a 67% growth in the number of physician assistant professionals in Augusta between the years 2006 and 2010. As the number of physician assistant professionals in Augusta has increased, overall employment in Augusta has also increased.

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Salaries for physician assistant professionals in Augusta have increased. Augusta physician assistant professionals made $77,230 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, physician assistant professionals in Augusta made an average salary of $71,090 per year. The growth in the salary of physician assistant professionals in Augusta is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Augusta physician assistant professionals earn a median yearly salary of $78,000. The difference in pay between the physician assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 81%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $55,450 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $100,180 per year.

On average physician assistant professionals in Augusta earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Augusta.

There is only one accredited physician assistant school in the city. Many of Augusta's physician assistant professionals are graduates of this school.

Augusta's physician assistant school offers one physician assistant degree and certificate program.

In 2010 approximately 41 students completed physician assistant courses.