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Physician Assistant Jobs in Houston, TX
Browse PA jobs in Houston and the surrounding Texas Medical Center region
Explore Physician Assistant/Physician Associate (PA) employer locations, open positions, and compensation data across Greater Houston — mapped by PA JobSource, the most complete PA career exploration platform in the country, powered by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA).
Data sourced from AAPA's PA JobSource (892 total PA employer locations, snapshot October 21, 2026) and AAPA's 2026 Salary Report
- Total PA Employer Locations
- 892Greater Houston
- Actively hiring or open to networking
- 8620 locations actively hiring, 66 locations open to networking
- Median PA compensation
- $133,000median total compensationAAPA's 2026 Salary Report
PA Market Breakdown
Employer setting
% of 892 total employer locations · may appear in multiple settings
- Outpatient Clinic
- 75%
- Hospital
- 37%
- Ambulatory Surgical Center
- 17%
- Urgent Care Center
- 13%
- Academic
- 7%
Employment type
% of 20 actively hiring locations · may appear in multiple types
- Full-Time
- 90%
- Per Diem
- 15%
- Part-Time
- 10%
Looking for New PA Grads
10% of actively hiring locations
have expressed interest in hiring new grads
Top PA Specialties in Houston
- 01Critical Care41%
- 02Occupational Medicine41%
- 03Pulmonology38%
- 04Internal Medicine31%
- 05Family Medicine24%
- 06Emergency Medicine17%
- 07Infectious Disease17%
- 08Orthopaedic Surgery17%
- 09General Surgery14%
- 10Hospitalist14%
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Featured PA Open Positions
Frequently asked questions
How many PA employers are in Houston?
There are 892 PA employer locations in Greater Houston tracked in the PA JobSource career discovery platform — including hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, urgent care centers, and academic medical centers. 86 of these are actively hiring or open to networking with candidates — 20 have active postings and 66 are open to outreach even without a posted opening.
What is the average PA salary in Houston, TX?
The median PA compensation in the Houston metro area is $133,000 per year across all specialties and settings — below the national median of $140,000, per AAPA's 2026 Salary Report. Compensation is reported for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area. Compensation varies by city, specialty, and employer setting.
What setting do most Houston PAs practice in?
75% of PA employer locations in Houston include outpatient clinic settings, followed by hospital (37%), ambulatory surgical center (17%), and urgent care center (13%) settings. Houston's Texas Medical Center — the largest medical complex in the world — drives significant hospital and academic PA demand across the metro.
Are there PA jobs in Houston open to new graduates?
Yes. 10% of actively hiring PA locations in Houston have expressed interest in hiring new graduates. Create an account with AAPA to see which specific locations are welcoming new grads.
Is a physician associate the same as a physician assistant?
Yes — they're the same profession and the same PA credential. In 2021, the field's national association renamed itself from the American Academy of Physician Assistants to the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) and adopted “physician associate” as the profession's preferred title. Six states (Alaska, Delaware, Iowa, Maine, New Hampshire, and Oregon) have passed statutory changes, and two (Kansas and Wisconsin) have passed title recognition legislation. However, many employers, job postings, and state licensing boards still use “physician assistant,” and both titles refer to the same role.
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Data sourced from 892 employer locations in the PA JobSource career discovery platform as of October 21, 2026, and AAPA's 2026 Salary Report. Compensation is the median reported for the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area, which contains Houston. Individual job listings are posted directly by employers and may change. Not all employer-location profiles have completed verification.