State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Iowa
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Iowa, $134,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-2.5%
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%
Iowa
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,770
- p25
- $120,060
- p75
- $159,950
- p10
- $102,330
- p90
- $182,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.