State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Colorado
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Colorado, $134,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.7% — not 23.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.1%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+14.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,540
- p25
- $124,100
- p75
- $156,400
- p10
- $104,590
- p90
- $174,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.