State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: Arkansas vs California
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Arkansas, $118,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.5%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $118,430
- p25
- $103,810
- p75
- $133,270
- p10
- $88,160
- p90
- $159,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.