State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Kentucky
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Kentucky, $120,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.8% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.2%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+11.8%
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%
Kentucky
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $120,760
- p25
- $102,430
- p75
- $136,080
- p10
- $79,550
- p90
- $161,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.