 What's up you guys, so I've been doing all of this like kind of PA salary stuff and job retention and burnout and just kind of talking to you guys about all of the encompassing things that comes along with being a PA, kind of things that you should take into consideration and another one of these things are your PA friendly states. Now there are states that are very PA friendly and there are states that are not as PA friendly and I found a website that has like information on the best states to live in and work in if you are a PA. So I wanted to list out the top 10 best states to live in if you're a PA and to work in. So that is what this video is going to be about. What's up you guys, it's Zodana, welcome back to my channel. Okay, so as I stated I wanted to talk about the top 10 PA friendly states. Now this site that I found goes into obviously salary, like what the average salary is and then it does this thing called like location quotient, which basically tells you like how concentrated an area is. It also gives you about like the average of how many jobs there are available and so you can go ahead and I will leave it in the description box if you're looking for a job or looking to work in a particular state, I'll leave that there and you can check the website out, okay? So Ant and I have been like kind of kicking this idea around about moving for a pretty long time, I guess I would say, you know, because why not, you know, we're still kind of young and why not move if we can because we've been in the current state that we live in right now for a long, long time. So we wanted to see if it was a good idea to kind of do something new, something different. However, we have kids, okay? And so when you have kids, you really don't want to kind of do a lot of disruption in their life. So if we were to move, it would be in one of these transition years. And so for us, that is like over the next like two years or so, we would have to figure out like are we moving because if we're not moving, like we're staying where we're going to be for like the next four or so years. So with that being said, I went on Google and I was Googling stuff and looking at things and I was like, well, well, I mean, what's like the most PA friendly estate because I don't want to go to a state where I'm not going to have like the rights that I think I should have or the salary that I feel like I should have. I want to go somewhere where it's not only conducive for a good work life and career, but also a good home life and finances, right? Because you don't want to, you don't want like bad home life because that's going to translate into bad work life, okay? So let's get into these top 10 states because I have these states listed out on what the best states are to live in. The number 10 state that they have here is New Hampshire. Now obviously, like if you want to live in these states or not, that's up to you, but it's just something to think about with respect to what their website is talking about because you want to make the best informed decision. That's like key with things that I talk about. I always want you guys to make the best informed decision and you do that by having the most available resources in terms of information. All right. So New Hampshire is number 10. It says that there are about like 187 P.A. jobs and again, I think that's just specifically on this website. You can go and look at it, you know, look at the recruiter and all these other places and see if that kind of stacks up. But the average salary there is $122,175 and says that the lowest 10% make about 76,000 and then the highest 10% make about 196,000. Now when it comes to like specifically jobs in New Hampshire, there are jobs that are both for P.A.s and NPs so that 187 is like mixed in. But their location quotient is 1.63. The next state is New Jersey. Now, New Jersey has 532 available jobs. So more jobs available than New Hampshire had. Their average salary is 146,963. It says the lowest 10% make 95,000 and the highest 10% make $226,000. Their location quotient is 1.02. So it looks like New Jersey is a pretty good state to kind of look into because it has a good amount of jobs and they pay a pretty good salary. Now you should also keep in mind that a lot of these states, you know, in terms of their cost of living, that would be something to just keep in mind. Because yes, although the highest 10% make 226 and your average is 146,000. It depends on where you are living in New Jersey if that is actually cost effective. So just keep that in mind. Alaska is number eight. I knew a P.A. from Alaska and she showed me pictures from there and it is beautiful. It's beautiful. I don't know if I would ever want to live there because she said it also gets very cold. But it was beautiful. Lots of trails and streams and rivers and things like that. So that was cool. But Alaska has 83 jobs available. Their average annual salary is $135,058. The lowest 10% makes $90,000 and the highest 10% makes $201,000. Their location quotient is 1.52. So again, you know, it's a little bit higher than one, but only 83 jobs available. So although it's good in terms of the salary, the saturation of the market is maybe not as good as you would think. Okay. Number seven is Massachusetts. Okay. And so they have 515 jobs available on this site and the average annual salary is 162,000. So you see these salaries are kind of like rising and getting up there. Okay. The lowest 10% makes 108,000 and then the highest 10% makes $243,000. Their location quotient is 0.85. And if you saw my last video, you can compare and contrast in terms of like the top earners in terms of specialty and where they land with respect to what the average salary of this particular state lands. But the highest earners make $243,000, which again is very, very good. Not everybody is going to be in that top 10%, but you see where you would land in the average. Okay. All right. The next one is Pennsylvania. So Pennsylvania has a thousand, 1,130 jobs available. So lots of jobs available in terms of both for PAs and NPs because you know, there can be like crossover. So when you go to the site, which I will leave in the description box and you click on the particular state, it will bring up not only jobs for PAs, but jobs that says PAs slash NP. So just keep that in mind. It tells you that their average salary is $131,190, which is significantly less than Massachusetts. Their lowest 10% makes $82,000, their top 10% makes $208,000. Their location quotient is 1.48. Now this algorithm and this site takes into consideration not only location quotient and the average salary, but also it takes into consideration obviously how many jobs are out there. Okay. So just keep that in mind. And let me know if you like, let me know in the comment section below what you think the number one state is going to be because I promise you it is not the state that you think it will be. I was pretty surprised. All right. So number five, we're getting on to the top five, you guys. The number five is Minnesota. Okay. Minnesota has 583 jobs available, 141,452 is their average salary. The top 10% makes $221,000 while the lowest 10% makes $90,000. Their location quotient is 1.34. They do have quite a few jobs available, which is 583. Just kind of look at that with respect to how many people live in the state, how many PAs live in the state, or how many PAs are kind of like willing to move there. That's also something to keep in mind because you want to know what your competition is. And also look at it on the NP side as well because you may be competing against some NPs competing against NPs for some of these jobs as well. Okay. So number four is Maine. Okay. I heard Maine is beautiful. I don't know what cool, fun things there are to do in Maine, but I heard it's beautiful and it would be a nice state to visit. They have 105 PA jobs available. Their average salary is $144,516. Their lowest 10% makes about $92,000, and their top 10% makes $225,000. Their location quotient is 1.21. Not that many jobs available on this particular site or in the overall job market. So just keep that in mind. The next one is Connecticut. I don't know if you guys knew, but I used to live in Connecticut for a little while. So shout out to Connecticut. But Connecticut has 273 jobs available. Their average annual salary is $151,153. Their lowest 10% makes $98,000, and their highest 10% makes $231,000. Their location quotient is also in the 1.2s, 1.26, to be exact. Now I really like this. I really like the lowest 10% being close to that $100,000 mark because I think that that is where you should really start off as a PA. This like $85,000, $88,000 that $70,000 that they tried to offer new grads and tried to seriously convince you that this is a good deal for you. You're gonna be learning a lot and yada, yada, yada is such trash. And I think it's wrong and I think you're doing it to service to these people that have worked very hard for their certification, studied a lot and are coming to you because you need somebody to work for you. But you're looking at it from a dollar standpoint and trying to devalue the education that they've gotten. So for all you future employers or PAs out there, don't be offering them things that are under like 98, 99, $100,000, okay? Try to stick up at least $100,000 mark, okay? Just a heads up. Number two, the number two state is New York. Okay, so I know a lot of people wanna go to New York, the Big Apple. But you wanna keep a lot of things in consideration when looking at New York. And obviously this is all not just in the city but outskirts of the city because we're talking about the state of New York. So there are 1,362 available jobs in New York. Their average salary is $149,785. Their lowest 10% makes $97,000 and their highest 10% makes $229,000. Their location quotient is 1.62. When you look at it in comparison to the jobs that they have available, it's a lot. I actually think that their location quotient is the highest if I can remember correctly, I'm just gonna scroll down really quick to see. And yeah, it is actually, nope, New Hampshire is high at 1.63. So not that far behind, but New Hampshire does not have as many jobs available as New York does. New Hampshire only has 187 jobs when New York has over 1,000. So just keep that in mind, okay, when you're looking at things. But let's look at the number one state to live and work in if you are a PA. And drum roll please, because it is Vermont. Now, I was shocked, I was bewildered when I saw that it was Vermont. Because I would have never thought of Vermont. But Vermont has 71 jobs available, so not that many. Maybe because everybody knew this all along and they're like flocking to Vermont, I don't know. But their average annual salary is $162,792. Their lowest 10% makes $107,000, you guys. While their highest 10% makes $245,000 and their location quotient is 1.41. Again, you can see obviously not that many jobs on the job market, but the average salary of these PAs that work and live in Vermont is ridiculous. And so it's something to just keep in mind when you're looking at a place to live, this site actually has all of the states. So you can see all of their location quotients, how many jobs available. You can literally go click on the state and then just go directly to the job market site that is kind of fueling this information. And then you'll be able to apply to job straight from the website if you're interested in the jobs that are being offered. But I think that this is a good place to go when you're a new grad or about to be a new grad just so you can see the lay of the land as what the job market has to offer. There are things that you really have to take into consideration. I guess what your life is gonna be like? Are you close to family or you're not? Do you have kids? What's that life gonna be like? But Vermont is the number one state to live in. Who would've knew, okay? Who would've thunk it? Not I, so if you thought that it was Vermont, let me know in the comment section below. A trend that I definitely saw when looking at this was that the majority of the states were in the Northeast. And so clearly like the Northeast states pay a little bit more money with respect to what the cost of living is as well. So something to also keep in mind. And I did notice when I looked at some of the other states that the southern states don't pay as much. So something to keep in mind. All right. Anyways, if you guys have any other questions for me, leave them in the comment section below. If you haven't already answered, like this video, subscribe to my channel and follow me on Instagram at and on Instagram at getthatsuniversity. Check us out on getthatsuniversity.com where we help you not only get into but through PA school with respect to consultations and personal statement reviews and all of that good stuff. We have like some different little tidbits of information and things like that for you on the site. So be sure to check us out. Leave me your comments and thank you guys so much for watching. I will talk to you guys next time.