State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Oregon
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Oregon, $155,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.7% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-0.7%
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%
Oregon
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $155,780
- p25
- $134,390
- p75
- $169,550
- p10
- $123,100
- p90
- $198,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.