State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Florida
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Florida, $129,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.4% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+19.4%
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%
Florida
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $129,620
- p25
- $111,360
- p75
- $156,920
- p10
- $98,530
- p90
- $181,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.