State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Alabama vs California
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Alabama, $104,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.6%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-21%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $104,960
- p25
- $98,710
- p75
- $122,830
- p10
- $83,020
- p90
- $145,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $165,650
- p25
- $136,730
- p75
- $206,990
- p10
- $99,380
- p90
- $225,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.