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2006 AAPA Salary and Demographics For Pennsylvania PAs

 

Table 1. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Sex
Male
29%
Female
71%

 

Table 2. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Race/ Ethnicity
Asian/Pacific Islander
2.0%
Black
2.6%
Hispanic
0.3%
American Indian/Alaskan
0.6%
White
94.6%

 

Table 3. Distribution by credentials from PA School of Clinically Practicing Respondents
Certificate
20.7%
Associate’s Degree
7.1%
Bachelor’s Degree
44.7%
Master’s Degree
42.2%

 

Table 4. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by All Degrees Ever Attained as of 2004
Bachelor's Certificate
94%
Master’s Degree

36.3%
Doctoral Degree
1.3%

 

Table 5. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Type of Primary Employer
Self Employed
0.3%
Solo
11.1%
Single-Specialty
37.5%
Multi-Specialty
9.1%
University Hospital
11.1%
Other Hospital
17.0%
Freestanding Urgent Care Center
0.5%
Nursing Home
0.2%
HMO
0.7%
Community Health Center
4.0%
Management Service
0.5%
Correctional System
2.2%
Other
2.4%

 

Table 6. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Primary Work Setting
Hospital ICU/CCU
2.9%
Hospital Inpatient Unit
14.4%
Hospital Outpatient Unit
7.5%
Hospital Emergency Room
7.9%
Hospital Operating Room
9.5%
Other Unit of Hospital
2.4%
Freestanding Urgent Care Facility
0.4%
Solo Practice Physician Office
10.0%
Single Specialty Physician Group Practice
26.3%
Multi Specialty Physician Group Practice
6.3%
FQHC Rural Health Clinic
1.8%
Other FQHC (not rural)
1.3%
Other Community Health Facility
2.0%
HMO Facility
0.2%
Nursing Home
1.0%
Other Freestanding Outpatient Facility
1.4%
Correctional Facility
2.2%
Industrial Facility
0.2%
University/College Student Health
0.5%

 

Table 7. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Population of General Geographic Area Served by Primary Employer for 2002
Less Than 2,500
0.3%
2,500 to 20,000
6.2%
20,000 to 250,000
17.3%
250,000 to 1,000,000
29.4%
>1,000,000
46.8%

 

Table 8. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by General Specialty Practicing for Primary Employer
Family/ General Medicine
17.9%
General Internal Medicine
9.4%
Emergency Medicine
7.43%
General Pediatrics
2.4%
General Surgery
3.3%
Internal Medicine Subspecialties
13.5%
Pediatric Subspecialties
2.3%
Surgical Subspecialties
25.1%
OB/GYN
2.9%
Industrial/ Occupational Medicine
1.9%
Other
13.9%

 

Table 9. Summary Measures of Mean Hours providing Direct Care per week for primary Employer by respondents in Full Time Clinical Practice who see those patients exclusively
Inpatient
43.4
Outpatient
38.8

 

Table 10. Summary Measures of Mean Encounters per week for Primary Employer by respondents in Full time Clinical Practice who see those patients exclusively
Inpatient
68.2
Outpatient
99.3

 

Table 11. Responsibility for Call In Primary Job by Respondents in Full time clinical Practice (mean call hours per month 92.8)
Do not take call
63.1%
Take Some Call, but Not Always on call
32.6%
Always on Call
3.4%

 

Table 12. Select Functions Performed for Primary Employer by Respondents in Full time Clinical Practice
Perform Invasive Procedures
49.8%
Assist at Surgery
24.2%
Research
14.3%
Precept PA students
41.6%
Precept students of other health professions
24.9%
Perform Quality Assurance
6.9%
Perform Utilization Review
2.5%
Make Procurement Decisions
16.6%
Mange Other PAs
13.9%
Manage Other Clinical Staff
16.5%
Manage Non clinical Staff
7.4%
Manage care in inpatient setting
45.6%

 

Table 13. Type of Compensation Received from Primary Employer by Respondents in Full Time Clinical Practice
Salary
85.0%
Hourly Wage
14.0%
Surgical Assisting Fees
1.0%
Per Event Call Pay
12.0%
Overtime Pay
15.7%
Productivity / Performance
15.4%
Bonus
21.1%
Administrative Pay
2.0%

 

Table 14. Summary Measures of Total Mean Annual Income by Respondents in Full Time Clinical Practice
Total Annual Income from Primary Employer
$73,383
Total Annual Income from Primary Employer who graduated in or after 2004
$64,025