State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Nevada
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Nevada, $134,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 23%.
Nominal pay gap
+23%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+11.1%
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%
Nevada
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,660
- p25
- $117,280
- p75
- $163,550
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $175,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.