State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs New Hampshire
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In New Hampshire, $150,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.3% — not 9.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.7%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+3.3%
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%
New Hampshire
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $150,960
- p25
- $134,050
- p75
- $170,790
- p10
- $119,540
- p90
- $175,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.