State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Idaho
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Idaho, $133,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.8%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+6.8%
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%
Idaho
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,790
- p25
- $126,820
- p75
- $146,230
- p10
- $100,590
- p90
- $160,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.