Physician Assistant Employment

Physician assistants held about 62,000 jobs in 2004. The number of jobs is greater than the number of practicing Physician Assistant because some hold two or more jobs. For example, some Physician Assistant work with a supervising physician, but also work in another practice, clinic, or hospital. According to the American Academy of Physician Assistants, about 15 percent of actively practicing Physician Assistant worked in more than one clinical job concurrently in 2004.

More than half of jobs for Physician Assistant were in the offices of physicians. About a quarter were in hospitals, public or private. The rest were mostly in outpatient care centers, including health maintenance organizations; the Federal Government; and public or private colleges, universities, and professional schools. A few were self-employed.

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