State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs North Dakota
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In North Dakota, $133,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 24.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.1%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
-0.2%
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 Dakota
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,450
- p25
- $107,030
- p75
- $155,010
- p10
- $77,300
- p90
- $173,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.