The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) most current occupational employment data put physician assistant (PA) employment at just over 140,900 nationally as of May 2022.  Just over 6,600 of those physician assistant jobs were in the five-state Rocky Mountain region.  BLS data painted a generally weak picture of physician assistant pay levels in the region.  Only about 5% of the region's physician assistants lived in Wyoming, the only state in the region where the mean annual wage for the profession was above the national average.  A closer examination of BLS data from May 2022 reveals the following details about physician assistant pay in the Rocky Mountain region:

Physician Assistant Pay in the Rocky Mountain Region

State	# Employed	Mean Annual Wage	Median Annual Wage
CO	2,770	$122,330	$122,640
ID	1,050	$120,220	$121,590
MT	700	$122,310	$128,120
UT	1,750	$124,860	$123,320
WY	340	$131,340	$131,720
U.S.	140,910	$125,270	$126,010

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on August 16, 2023