State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Hawaii
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Hawaii, $164,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 1%.
Nominal pay gap
+1%
California vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+0.3%
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%
Hawaii
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $164,050
- p25
- $126,780
- p75
- $170,060
- p10
- $79,280
- p90
- $178,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.