State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Nebraska
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Nebraska, $133,040. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
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%
Nebraska
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,040
- p25
- $112,820
- p75
- $146,790
- p10
- $103,720
- p90
- $165,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.