State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs New Mexico
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In New Mexico, $139,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 18.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.4%
California vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
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 Mexico
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $139,920
- p25
- $106,240
- p75
- $153,560
- p10
- $70,010
- p90
- $172,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.