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Praxis Health
Albany, Oregon

Primary Care Physician Assistant - Albany, Oregon

Physician AssistantFull-Time

Listed compensation

$120K - $140K

The week · per this posting4-day week

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Posted 5mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Family Medicine Physician Assistant in Albany, Oregon!

Praxis Health is the Pacific Northwest’s leading independent healthcare network, and we are looking for an APP who shares in our mission of providing exceptional patient care.

Opportunity Highlights

  • 100% outpatient
  • Highly competitive base compensation of $120,000-$140,000 + production bonus in year two
  • 4-day workweek
  • Provider autonomy
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package (health, life, vision, dental)
  • Potential for loan repayment assistance
  • Enrollment in ThriveAP
  • Signing bonus negotiable

Albany, Oregon

Albany is at the center of a region full of possibility. If you look to the west, the Oregon Coast is full of sandy beaches. To the east, you have the mountains and forests of the Cascades.

Located in the lush Willamette Valley, Albany has plenty of options for outdoor activities including vineyards, lakes, rivers, beautiful parks, and outdoor entertainment including movies and concerts. Albany also has beautiful historical architecture, a great art scene that includes local galleries and local theater venues to see musical theater, Shakespeare, and more.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Required: Passion for Primary Care
  • Required: 1 year of Primary Care experience as a licensed PA
  • Preferred: 2+ years Primary Care experience as a licensed PA
  • BE/BC

General Physical Requirements

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hand to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear.
  • The employee is occasionally required to site and stoop, kneel or crouch

The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds

Key Responsibilities

Provide exceptional primary care to patients within an independent healthcare network. Manage outpatient family medicine services with a high degree of provider autonomy.

Requirements

Requires a licensed Physician Assistant with at least 1 year of primary care experience. Preference is given to candidates with 2 or more years of experience and BE/BC certification.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Outpatient Care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Primary Care Physician Assistant - Albany, Oregon at Praxis Health a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 422 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context

Praxis Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 16 active listings.

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 72% have no call, 82% require no weekends.

Primary Care pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$130k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $126k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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$250k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks25 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
Sign-on bonus
56% this job
CME allowance
52%
Loan repayment
20% this job
Relocation assistance
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.9
Among the best 10% of Primary Care (PA) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 422 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Albany

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$423k≈ 3.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,738/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Praxis Health

Medical Practices
Pendleton, Oregon
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Life insurance
Vision insurance
Dental insurance
Production bonus in year two
Loan repayment assistance
ThriveAP enrollment
Signing bonus negotiable