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Where is it easiest to open: Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)
51 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “SOC 29-1071” (soc) for Physician Assistants. A blank gate means NO RECORD MATCHED, which is not the same as no licence.
| State | Operators | Avg staff | Pay / employee | Gate | Licence titles matched |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CA | 29,611 | 7.8 | $113,247 | licence | General Anesthesia Permit (dentist or ; Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Lice |
| TX | 21,420 | 10.1 | $105,463 | exam | NURSE, ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED (A; PERFUSIONIST |
| FL | 19,983 | 11.7 | $98,415 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Anesthesiologist Assistant |
| NY | 12,406 | 12.1 | $97,123 | exam | Physician; Physician Assistant |
| PA | 7,850 | 17.9 | $110,765 | exam | Medical Doctor Graduate Training Licen; Medical Doctor Institutional License |
| NJ | 7,335 | 10.8 | $110,055 | exam | PHYSICIAN |
| GA | 7,150 | 13.9 | $100,573 | exam | Advanced Practice - CRNA; Physician |
| IL | 6,757 | 15.8 | $109,014 | exam | LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| MI | 6,406 | 14.3 | $91,162 | exam | Medical Doctor, Clinical Academic (M.D; Medical Doctor, Educational Limited (M |
| OH | 5,541 | 19.4 | $110,378 | exam | Physician Assistant; Physicians (D. O.) |
| NC | 5,093 | 19.2 | $98,362 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistant; Dispensing Nurse Practitioner or Physi |
| AZ | 5,008 | 10.5 | $106,479 | licence | Physician; Physician Assistant |
| VA | 4,730 | 15.4 | $110,504 | exam | Doctor of Medicine; Limited Professorial License/LimitedFe |
| TN | 4,273 | 19.2 | $100,956 | exam | ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN |
| MD | 3,756 | 13.3 | $100,490 | licence | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN, OPHTHALOMOLOGIST, MEDICAL D |
| IN | 3,448 | 20.4 | $106,677 | exam | APN Prescriptive Authority; CSR- Osteopathic Physician |
| WI | 3,096 | 20.3 | $104,149 | exam | ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBER; PHYSICIAN |
| CO | 3,085 | 12.2 | $113,966 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistants; Foreign Teaching Physician |
| MO | 2,986 | 13.6 | $122,323 | exam | Advanced Practice Nurses; Anesthesiologist Assistant |
| LA | 2,977 | 12.2 | $98,925 | exam | Osteopath; Physician or Medical Doctor |
| WA | 2,869 | 21.1 | $105,350 | exam | Doctor; Osteopathic Physician |
| KY | 2,678 | 14.8 | $107,018 | exam | Nurse Anesthetist (APRN); Nurse, Clinical Specialist (APRN) |
| AL | 2,653 | 14.6 | $90,020 | licence | Board Certified Anesthesiological Assi; Board Certified Physician Assistant |
| CT | 2,648 | 19.0 | $105,492 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Physician Assistant |
| MA | 2,560 | 21.8 | $143,248 | exam | PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| NV | 2,517 | 8.6 | $107,853 | not matched | — |
| SC | 2,455 | 15.6 | $101,221 | licence | Academic License; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (AP |
| OK | 2,371 | 9.4 | $106,333 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistant; Osteopathic Physician (D.O.) |
| UT | 2,091 | 11.2 | $103,781 | licence | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| OR | 2,033 | 15.4 | $94,281 | licence | Physician Assistant; Physician Assistant, Limited Licenses |
| AR | 1,867 | 12.1 | $102,424 | exam | Physician Assistant (PA) |
| MN | 1,453 | 26.3 | $119,059 | licence | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (AP; Border State Registry |
| MS | 1,429 | 12.9 | $92,712 | exam | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; Physician - Medical Doctor |
| KS | 1,427 | 14.5 | $99,556 | exam | Doctors of Medicine & Surgery (MD); Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine & Surg |
| ID | 1,121 | 10.8 | $96,424 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (AP; Physician Assistants |
| IA | 988 | 22.8 | $101,057 | exam | Physician Assistant (PA) |
| WV | 889 | 15.1 | $120,316 | not matched | — |
| HI | 887 | 8.7 | $127,906 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon |
| NM | 827 | 11.8 | $93,588 | exam | Anesthesiologists Assistants; Medical Doctor |
| NE | 742 | 18.9 | $115,159 | licence | Osteopathic Physician (DO); Physician Assistant |
| NH | 650 | 14.9 | $123,339 | exam | Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered (A; Physician and Surgeon |
| DE | 572 | 16.6 | $103,279 | exam | Physician; Physician Assistant |
| RI | 510 | 17.5 | $114,571 | exam | Physician Assistant |
| ME | 491 | 20.3 | $110,434 | exam | Clinical Nurse Specialist (Advanced Pr; Medical Doctor |
| MT | 432 | 22.6 | $118,662 | exam | Medical Examiners - Medical Doctor; Medical Examiners - Medical Doctor Com |
| AK | 430 | 11.8 | $115,388 | licence | Osteopath; Physician and Surgeon |
| DC | 320 | 14.8 | $114,650 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistants; Marine Physician Assistant |
| WY | 316 | 8.5 | $100,903 | exam | ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE; PHYSICIAN |
| SD | 284 | 24.8 | $99,431 | licence | Osteopath; Physician Assistant |
| VT | 227 | 20.9 | $83,047 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistant, Certified; Physician Assistant |
| ND | 128 | 38.0 | $107,398 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (A; Osteopaths |
Axes are shown side by side and deliberately NOT collapsed into a ranking. A composite would be a score with no measured interval, and an unmeasured score is the thing this product exists to argue against. A high licence gate is a cost to enter and a moat once cleared — which of those matters more is the operator's call, not ours.
Licence data courtesy of CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Free to read, no account, always — a condition of the data licence as well as our own position.