State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Georgia
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Georgia, $115,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 43.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.6%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+24.9%
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%
Georgia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $115,390
- p25
- $62,230
- p75
- $141,740
- p10
- $62,230
- p90
- $172,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- 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.