State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Massachusetts
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Massachusetts, $142,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.2% — not 16.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.3%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+11.2%
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%
Massachusetts
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $142,410
- p25
- $128,020
- p75
- $169,980
- p10
- $65,220
- p90
- $204,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.