How Much Does a Physician Assistant Make in Oklahoma in 2026?

A typical Physician Assistant in Oklahoma earns about $65.65 per hour, or roughly $136,550 a year, according to the latest government wage data (May 2025). Calculated from that annual figure, pay works out to about $11,379 a month and $2,626 a week. These numbers describe the typical worker, not the full range PAs see across the state.

Oklahoma's typical pay is nearly even with the national figure of $135,880 a year, putting the state just above the national number. That places Oklahoma 18th among the 51 states ranked for Physician Assistant pay. About 1,770 Physician Assistants work in Oklahoma, compared with 162,150 nationwide, giving a sense of scale for a workforce that is small relative to the country as a whole.

Entry-level Physician Assistants in Oklahoma typically start around $49.47 an hour, or about $102,890 a year. Pay tends to move toward the typical $136,550 figure within the first several years on the job. New PAs coming out of training programs usually land in this entry range before gaining the experience and clinical responsibility that raise pay over time.

Experienced Physician Assistants in Oklahoma often earn upwards of $77.67 an hour ($161,560 a year), and the top 10% make over $173,010 a year ($83.18 an hour). That leaves a spread of $70,120 between entry-level and top pay. Setting, years of experience, and which city a PA works in all play a part in where someone lands within that range.

Oklahoma's Physician Assistant pay has climbed steadily over the past decade. In 2015, typical pay stood at $102,920 a year; by 2025 it had reached $136,550, a gain of $33,630. That amounts to a 33% rise over ten years, with most of the increase concentrated in the years since 2019.

Nationally, Physician Assistant pay rose 38% over the same ten years, a somewhat faster pace than Oklahoma's climb. Pay in the state has moved up steadily rather than staying flat, though there's no guarantee that trend continues at the same rate. Someone starting a Physician Assistant career in Oklahoma today enters a field where typical pay has grown across the past decade.

Pay runs highest in Oklahoma City, where Physician Assistants earn about $138,920 a year ($66.79 an hour), roughly 2% above the statewide figure. Tulsa follows close behind at $134,380 a year ($64.61 an hour), still within a narrow band of the state number. Across Oklahoma's largest metro areas, pay stays fairly close together rather than swinging widely from one city to the next.

Lawton pays the least of the three Oklahoma metro areas tracked, with Physician Assistants earning about $132,220 a year ($63.57 an hour). That leaves a spread of $6,700 between the highest- and lowest-paying cities, a narrow gap by national standards. Oklahoma City also has the largest Physician Assistant workforce, with 1,020 employed there; figures cover each city's full metro area, and higher pay there generally tracks a higher cost of living.

Among neighboring states, New Mexico pays Physician Assistants the most, at $139,920 a year, about 2% above Oklahoma's figure. Missouri ($135,130), Texas ($134,550), and Colorado ($134,540) all sit within a percent of Oklahoma's pay. Kansas pays 8% less at $125,640, and Arkansas pays the least of the group, at $118,430 a year, roughly 13% below Oklahoma. A Physician Assistant license from Oklahoma can often be endorsed or transferred into a neighboring state, though requirements vary.

Physician Assistants in Oklahoma typically earn $136,550 a year, a figure that has risen 33% over the past decade. Pay sits close to the national number and varies modestly across the state's cities. Readers weighing a move or a new license should check Oklahoma's physician assistant licensing and registry requirements, and look at city-level pages for local pay figures before deciding where to practice.