State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs District of Columbia
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In District of Columbia, $135,140. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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%
District of Columbia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $135,140
- p25
- $127,990
- p75
- $165,890
- p10
- $84,520
- p90
- $213,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.