State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Illinois
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Illinois, $131,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.5%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
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%
Illinois
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $131,950
- p25
- $122,780
- p75
- $145,600
- p10
- $105,160
- p90
- $162,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- 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.