State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Kansas
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Kansas, $125,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.3% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.8%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+7.3%
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%
Kansas
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $125,640
- p25
- $107,110
- p75
- $137,390
- p10
- $98,280
- p90
- $168,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.