you can't compare a pharmd who owns a pharmacy to a new grad pa. for starters the avg pa salary listed above is a bit low. in 2003 the avg new grad working in primary care made 76k and change(this from official salary surveys of all practicing pa's at
www.aapa.org).
http://www.aapa.org/research/04-inflation-income.pdf
most pa's in surgery and em, even without a residency, make signifricantly more than this. pa's who are partners in a practice or own a rural practice(this CAN be done-you just hire a retired md to review 10% of your charts) can make big bucks ( >200k/yr)
so let's compare apples to apples, ok
what does the avg pharmd new grad who works at walmart pharmacy make?