State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs North Carolina
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In North Carolina, $129,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.1%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+9.1%
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%
North Carolina
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $129,360
- p25
- $110,320
- p75
- $140,030
- p10
- $101,100
- p90
- $164,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.