Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner - Orthopedics - Training Provided

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner - Orthopedics - Training Provided at CHS Recruiting a 7.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Orthopedic Surgery (PA) — ranked against 325 active Orthopedic Surgery (PA) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

CHS Recruiting ranks #5 of 12 employers hiring Physician Assistant on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 78/100, 49 active listings.

Of the 50 active Orthopedic Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 70% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Orthopedic Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$145k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $149k in an average-cost state. 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$145k midpoint, that is roughly $6k–$10k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.