State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Minnesota
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Minnesota, $141,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 17.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.3%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+4.5%
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%
Minnesota
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $141,190
- p25
- $131,720
- p75
- $163,690
- p10
- $112,390
- p90
- $183,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.