State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Louisiana
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Louisiana, $128,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.4% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+2.4%
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%
Louisiana
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $128,870
- p25
- $117,130
- p75
- $144,100
- p10
- $100,920
- p90
- $162,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.