State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs New York
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In New York, $160,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.4% — not 3%.
Nominal pay gap
+3%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+0.4%
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 York
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $160,880
- p25
- $134,480
- p75
- $174,710
- p10
- $106,440
- p90
- $201,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +13%
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.