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Where is it easiest to open: Offices of Physicians, 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 | 2,152 | 4.6 | $84,814 | licence | General Anesthesia Permit (dentist or ; Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon Lice |
| FL | 1,319 | 4.2 | $64,823 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Anesthesiologist Assistant |
| TX | 1,063 | 4.3 | $75,455 | exam | NURSE, ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED (A; PERFUSIONIST |
| NY | 948 | 3.9 | $98,866 | exam | Physician; Physician Assistant |
| IL | 707 | 3.9 | $78,299 | exam | LICENSED PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| NJ | 419 | 7.2 | $62,242 | exam | PHYSICIAN |
| PA | 380 | 7.1 | $69,296 | exam | Medical Doctor Graduate Training Licen; Medical Doctor Institutional License |
| GA | 360 | 3.1 | $69,741 | exam | Advanced Practice - CRNA; Physician |
| NC | 342 | 4.8 | $64,758 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistant; Dispensing Nurse Practitioner or Physi |
| VA | 339 | 3.2 | $70,133 | exam | Doctor of Medicine; Limited Professorial License/LimitedFe |
| MD | 330 | 6.6 | $83,249 | licence | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PHYSICIAN, OPHTHALOMOLOGIST, MEDICAL D |
| MA | 318 | 8.7 | $71,031 | exam | PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| MI | 304 | 4.1 | $68,839 | exam | Medical Doctor, Clinical Academic (M.D; Medical Doctor, Educational Limited (M |
| AZ | 297 | 8.1 | $78,434 | licence | Physician; Physician Assistant |
| WA | 266 | 2.9 | $69,757 | exam | Doctor; Osteopathic Physician |
| OH | 259 | 5.5 | $66,563 | exam | Physician Assistant; Physicians (D. O.) |
| CO | 246 | 2.8 | $71,149 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistants; Foreign Teaching Physician |
| MO | 182 | 8.0 | $71,351 | exam | Advanced Practice Nurses; Anesthesiologist Assistant |
| CT | 177 | 6.5 | $71,975 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Physician Assistant |
| TN | 166 | 6.5 | $69,466 | exam | ORTHOPEDIC PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN |
| SC | 163 | 3.0 | $66,797 | licence | Academic License; Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (AP |
| NV | 162 | 3.3 | $59,606 | not matched | — |
| LA | 144 | 4.6 | $57,128 | exam | Osteopath; Physician or Medical Doctor |
| MN | 143 | 6.4 | $73,299 | licence | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (AP; Border State Registry |
| OR | 133 | 3.1 | $74,081 | licence | Physician Assistant; Physician Assistant, Limited Licenses |
| IN | 114 | 5.1 | $57,916 | exam | APN Prescriptive Authority; CSR- Osteopathic Physician |
| UT | 111 | 6.5 | $73,071 | licence | PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT |
| AL | 106 | 6.1 | $74,026 | licence | Board Certified Anesthesiological Assi; Board Certified Physician Assistant |
| KY | 90 | 4.4 | $87,744 | exam | Nurse Anesthetist (APRN); Nurse, Clinical Specialist (APRN) |
| WI | 90 | 7.4 | $97,217 | exam | ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE PRESCRIBER; PHYSICIAN |
| AR | 81 | 2.8 | $86,342 | exam | Physician Assistant (PA) |
| OK | 76 | 4.4 | $47,810 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistant; Osteopathic Physician (D.O.) |
| NE | 65 | 3.5 | $95,614 | licence | Osteopathic Physician (DO); Physician Assistant |
| DC | 62 | 2.2 | $84,765 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistants; Marine Physician Assistant |
| KS | 59 | 3.9 | $92,387 | exam | Doctors of Medicine & Surgery (MD); Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine & Surg |
| ID | 58 | 3.2 | $79,426 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (AP; Physician Assistants |
| NM | 57 | 3.4 | $67,595 | exam | Anesthesiologists Assistants; Medical Doctor |
| NH | 57 | 7.5 | $74,541 | exam | Nurse, Advanced Practice Registered (A; Physician and Surgeon |
| IA | 52 | 5.9 | $85,837 | exam | Physician Assistant (PA) |
| DE | 50 | 3.9 | $56,665 | exam | Physician; Physician Assistant |
| RI | 46 | 4.3 | $83,240 | exam | Physician Assistant |
| HI | 45 | 4.0 | $125,939 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurse; Osteopathic Physician and Surgeon |
| MT | 43 | 4.9 | $57,777 | exam | Medical Examiners - Medical Doctor; Medical Examiners - Medical Doctor Com |
| MS | 43 | 5.5 | $56,924 | exam | Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine; Physician - Medical Doctor |
| ME | 34 | 2.5 | $46,233 | exam | Clinical Nurse Specialist (Advanced Pr; Medical Doctor |
| AK | 23 | 4.0 | $99,043 | licence | Osteopath; Physician and Surgeon |
| VT | 21 | 3.5 | $78,753 | exam | Anesthesiologist Assistant, Certified; Physician Assistant |
| SD | 20 | 7.7 | $108,706 | licence | Osteopath; Physician Assistant |
| WV | 17 | 15.1 | $172,562 | not matched | — |
| ND | 10 | 0.9 | $58,111 | exam | Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (A; Osteopaths |
| WY | 3 | 2.7 | $20,875 | exam | ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSE; PHYSICIAN |
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.