State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Michigan
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Michigan, $131,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.5% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+9.5%
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%
Michigan
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $131,510
- p25
- $119,990
- p75
- $143,030
- p10
- $104,000
- p90
- $162,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.