State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Arizona vs California
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Arizona, $134,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 18.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.7%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-10.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,650
- p25
- $123,990
- p75
- $156,500
- p10
- $106,030
- p90
- $174,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.