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Is your PA offer actually a good offer?

Q: What happens to my contract text?

It is sent securely, used only to generate your analysis, and automatically deleted from our server within 30 days. It is never used to train anything and never shared. You can also remove names and identifying details before pasting — the analysis only needs the terms.

Paste your offer letter and find out in about 30 seconds. PA Contract Check benchmarks your base salary against real federal wage percentiles for your state, then flags the terms most PAs never think to negotiate — tail coverage, undefined bonuses, thin CME, below-median PTO.

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● BLS state wage percentiles

● AAPA & NCCPA benchmarks, cited

● Contract text deleted in 30 days

● Built by a practicing PA

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What you get

The score and your percentile are free, always. The Blueprint is the part you actually bring into the room.

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Your Offer Score

A 0–100 score for the whole offer, not just the salary
Where your base lands on the real percentile curve for PAs in your state
How many terms in your offer are worth negotiating
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Full Contract Blueprint

Every flag, and what to say

Each flag in priority order with the benchmark it failed and why it matters
A specific "here's what you say" line for every single flag
A ready-to-send counter-offer email you can edit and fire off today
A phone/in-person script for when they push back
Free re-runs — test their revised offer as many times as it takes

Here's what a Blueprint looks like

A real example: a family-practice offer in California at $120,000 base with 15 PTO days and a $1,500 CME fund.

Offer Score: 37 / 100 — needs work California · 18th percentile for base salary · 11 flags found

HIGHBase salary sits in the bottom third for your stateMedian PA pay in California is meaningfully above this figure. Ask: "Based on state wage data for PAs in family practice, I was targeting the median. Can we get to that number?"

HIGHNo tail coverage specified with claims-made malpracticeThis is the single most expensive thing PAs miss. Ask for tail coverage to be employer-paid in writing.

MEDCME fund is below the reported benchmarkThe typical PA CME allowance runs well above this, plus paid CME days that your offer does not mention at all.

MEDPTO falls under the 25th percentileFifteen days is thin. Here is the exact language to request, and the fallback if they cannot move on salary.

🔒 7 more flags, your counter-offer email, and your negotiation script unlock with the full Blueprint

How it works

Paste your offer

The offer email, the contract text, or just the numbers you know. More detail means a sharper read. Strip out names if you like — the analysis only needs the terms.

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Your base salary lands on the actual percentile curve for PAs in your state, and the analysis counts how many terms are worth pushing on.

Unlock your Blueprint

Every flag with a what-to-say line, your counter-offer email, and your phone script. Print it. Practice it. Walk in prepared.

When I signed my first PA contract in 2004, I didn't know what tail coverage was. I didn't know my bonus had no written formula. And I had no idea what the middle half of PAs in my state actually earned. Nobody teaches this in PA school — so I built the tool I wish I'd had.
— Stephen Pasquini, PA-C, founder of The PA Life

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Frequently asked questions

Where does the benchmark data come from?

Three sources, all cited: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wage percentiles for PAs in your state (employer-reported, the same live data behind our PA Salary Report), plus published figures from the AAPA Salary Report and the NCCPA Statistical Profile for bonuses, CME, PTO, and productivity rates. No made-up numbers, ever.

I am paid hourly with no benefits — does this apply to me?

Yes — and one extra check matters for you. An hourly rate that looks generous can still be below break-even once you price in the health coverage, retirement match, CME, and licensure a benefited PA gets for free. Before you negotiate, run your number through our PA hourly rate calculator to see the rate that actually matches a benefited PA in your market.

Is this legal advice?

No — and any tool that tells you otherwise should worry you. PA Contract Check is data benchmarking and negotiation preparation. For legal clauses like non-competes, termination terms, and malpractice tail coverage, it flags exactly what a licensed contract attorney should review before you sign. Think of it as the prep work that makes the attorney's hour (and your negotiation) dramatically more productive.

I'm a new grad — will this work for my first offer?

It was practically built for you. New-grad PAs earn a median of roughly $115,000–$118,000 in their first year (NCCPA and AAPA data agree), and first contracts are where the classic traps live: claims-made malpractice with no tail, "discretionary" bonuses with no formula, PTO below the 14-day 25th percentile. You're negotiating against people who do this every week — this evens the table.

I'm an experienced PA renegotiating — is it still useful?

Yes. Paste your current comp and your review becomes a data conversation instead of a feelings conversation. PA pay has climbed about 4.5% in the last reported year alone — if your salary hasn't, that gap is your opening line, and the Blueprint writes it for you.

What happens to my contract text?

It's sent securely, used only to generate your analysis, and automatically deleted from our server within 30 days. It is never used to train anything and never shared. You can also remove names and identifying details before pasting — the analysis only needs the terms.

What if I fix a number and want to re-run it?

Re-runs are free after you unlock — fix a typo, add the PTO days you forgot, or test the revised offer they send back. One purchase covers the whole negotiation.

What if it doesn't help me?

7-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked. Just reply to your receipt and I'll take care of it.

One honest note: your contract is the highest-leverage hour of your career year. Whether you use this tool or not, please don't sign the first offer without checking the numbers against something real. Bring data to the table. I'm rooting for you!