Physician assistant jobs in Alaska

Too few open physician assistant jobs in Alaska post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $72.45/hr ($150,700 a year) for physician assistants in Alaska (May 2025), against $65.33 nationally, 8th highest of 51 states and territories.

Fairbanks (4) and Anchorage (2). A job open in several towns counts in each.

By open jobs on this board: Foundation Health (2), Cross Country Healthcare (1) and DOCS Health (1). In all, 4 employers have physician assistant jobs open in Alaska.

5 physician assistant jobs are open in Alaska today at 4 employers on this board, about 7.1 for every 1,000 physician assistants employed there (BLS counts 700, May 2025). Across the US, BLS projects employment of physician assistants to grow 21.1% over 2025-2035.

6 of the open nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs here say so in their own posting: Cardiology Nurse Practitioner (Outpatient) at Foundation Health ($40,000 sign-on bonus); Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner at Foundation Health ($40,000 sign-on bonus); Family Medicine Physician Assistant at Foundation Health ($40,000 sign-on bonus). Every such job in Alaska.

1 of the open nurse practitioner and physician assistant jobs here says so in its own posting: Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Rural at SEARHC (...Annual Geographic Differential Stipend, $30,000 Sign-On Bonus and a $20,000 Relocation Stipend....).

Of the 2 metro areas in Alaska employing the most physician assistants that BLS publishes a median for (May 2025), the highest are Fairbanks-College, AK ($79.28 an hour) and Anchorage, AK ($73.42 an hour). The state's median is $72.45.

A master's degree from an accredited PA program, then the PANCE exam and a state license. PA-C certification (PANCE exam) (National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants; every state requires it for a PA license). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Alaska's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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