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2008 AAPA Salary and Demographics For Pennsylvania PAs

 

Table 1. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Sex
Male
27%
Female
73%

 

Table 2. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Race/ Ethnicity
Asian/Pacific Islander
2.4%
Black
1.7%
Hispanic
0.7%
American Indian/Alaskan
0.5%
White
94.6%

 

Table 3. Distribution by credentials from PA School of Clinically Practicing Respondents
Certificate
17.2%
Associate’s Degree
4.6%
Bachelor’s Degree
37.2%
Master’s Degree
55.9%

 

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
0.5%
Solo
9.2%
Single-Specialty
35.2%
Multi-Specialty
10.3%
University Hospital
12.6%
Other Hospital
18.0%
Freestanding Urgent Care Center
0.8%
Nursing Home
0.1%
HMO
0.5%
Community Health Center
4.2%
Management Service
2.0%
Correctional System
1.3%
Other
2.9%

 

Table 6. Distribution of Clinically Practicing Respondents by Primary Work Setting
Hospital ICU/CCU
3.1%
Hospital Inpatient Unit
15.9%
Hospital Outpatient Unit
9.3%
Hospital Emergency Room
9.5%
Hospital Operating Room
7.9%
Other Unit of Hospital
1.5%
Freestanding Urgent Care Facility
0.8%
Solo Practice Physician Office
7.5%
Single Specialty Physician Group Practice
27.8%
Multi Specialty Physician Group Practice
6.4%
FQHC Rural Health Clinic
1.9%
Other FQHC (not rural)
.9%
Other Community Health Facility
1.7%
HMO Facility
0.2%
Nursing Home
0.4%
Other Freestanding Outpatient Facility
2.3%
Correctional Facility
1.3%
Industrial Facility
0.3%
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
17.7%
General Internal Medicine
5.9%
Emergency Medicine
9.6%
General Pediatrics
2.5%
General Surgery
2.6%
Internal Medicine Subspecialties
13.5%
Pediatric Subspecialties
2.3%
Surgical Subspecialties
26.2%
OB/GYN
2.9%
Industrial/ Occupational Medicine
2.4%
Derm
2.9%
Other
12.0%

 

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
42.4
Outpatient
38.9

 

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
62.5
Outpatient
92.1

 

Table 11. Responsibility for Call In Primary Job by Respondents in Full time clinical Practice (mean call hours per month 92.9)
Do not take call
65.7%
Take Some Call, but Not Always on call
30.6%
Always on Call
2.9%
ER Call
6.2%
Surgical assist call
10.5%
In house call
10.3%
Other call
18.1%

 

Table 12. Select Functions Performed for Primary Employer by Respondents in Full time Clinical Practice
Perform Invasive Procedures
46.5%
Assist at Surgery
24.0%
Research
12.5%
Precept PA students
42.3%
Precept students of other health professions
24.3%
Perform Quality Assurance
6.1%
Perform Utilization Review
1.7%
Make Procurement Decisions
14.4%
Manage Other PAs
9.1%
Manage Other Clinical Staff
10.6%
Manage Non clinical Staff
5.1%
Manage care in inpatient setting
48.5%

 

Table 13. Type of Compensation Received from Primary Employer by Respondents in Full Time Clinical Practice
Salary
87.5%
Hourly Wage
12.0%
Surgical Assisting Fees
0.9%
Per Event Call Pay
7.7%
Overtime Pay
16.6%
Productivity / Performance
20.8%
Bonus
23.1%
Administrative Pay
1.8%

 

Table 14. Summary Measures of Total Mean Annual Income by Respondents in Full Time Clinical Practice
Total Annual Income from Primary Employer
$78,278
Total Annual Income from Primary Employer who graduated in or after 2007
$68,940