The American Academy of PAs recently released a comprehensive report providing a detailed snaphot of PA compensation and benefits information in the U.S. Figures are for 2016. The profession has doubled in size every decade since 1980 with no end in sight.
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Anna is a PA student from Texas. She’s also a mother of two boys, both under 10 years old. For three years, she applied to PA programs before finally getting accepted to a PA school in San Antonio, almost three hours away from her home. “I knew it would be hard,” she says, “but I…
A competitive and attractive compensation plan acknowledges the professional value of your expertise and your contribution to the practice. A fair compensation plan has several key features: ■■ It is part of a written and mutually agreed-to employment contract ■■ It has a market-competitive base salary guarantee ■■ It describes the expectations for performance and…