State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Missouri
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Missouri, $135,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 22.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.6%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+0.5%
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%
Missouri
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $135,130
- p25
- $121,680
- p75
- $163,170
- p10
- $82,690
- p90
- $169,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.