State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Mississippi
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Mississippi, $105,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 56.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.4%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+22.9%
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%
Mississippi
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $105,920
- p25
- $82,580
- p75
- $132,680
- p10
- $44,030
- p90
- $165,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.