State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Alaska vs California
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Alaska, $150,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.7% — not 9%.
Nominal pay gap
-9%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-1.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $150,700
- p25
- $126,530
- p75
- $169,930
- p10
- $106,060
- p90
- $201,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.