Physician Assistant
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
This is a professional position involving provision of direct patient care.
Although most activities are performed independently, clinical oversight is
required. In accordance with New Mexico regulation, 16.10.15.11, Approval of
Supervising Physicians, the supervising physician must submit written notice of
intent to supervise physician assistant on forms prescribed by the board and
these forms must be approved prior to the physician assistant beginning
employment.
Key Responsibilities
The Physician Assistant will provide direct patient care in a professional clinical setting. The role requires working under the oversight of a supervising physician in accordance with state regulations.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited Physician Assistant program and hold current New Mexico licensure. Additional requirements include DEA registration, controlled substance registration, and relevant life support certifications.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant at Presbyterian Medical Services a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Primary Care (PA) — ranked against 416 active Primary Care (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Primary Care — Physician Assistant Career Context
Of the 50 active Physician Assistant listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 62% have no call, 72% require no weekends.
Physician Assistant pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Rio Rancho
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $343k
- Typical market rent
- $1,915/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 30 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 95.5
- State income tax
- Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Albuquerque, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.