State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Maine
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Maine, $131,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.3%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+10.8%
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%
Maine
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $131,170
- p25
- $121,340
- p75
- $140,640
- p10
- $107,630
- p90
- $169,250
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.