State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Ohio
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Ohio, $132,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 25.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.4%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+5.1%
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%
Ohio
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $132,090
- p25
- $109,780
- p75
- $150,000
- p10
- $96,460
- p90
- $210,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.