State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Delaware
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Delaware, $139,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 18.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+7.2%
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%
Delaware
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $139,350
- p25
- $128,800
- p75
- $156,880
- p10
- $108,560
- p90
- $175,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.