State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Indiana
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Indiana, $132,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.4%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+5.7%
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%
Indiana
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $132,050
- p25
- $123,220
- p75
- $166,230
- p10
- $105,810
- p90
- $196,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- 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.