State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Maryland
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Maryland, $137,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 20.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.4%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+14.2%
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%
Maryland
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $137,560
- p25
- $125,140
- p75
- $160,090
- p10
- $110,190
- p90
- $174,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.