State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs South Carolina
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In South Carolina, $122,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 35.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.2%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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%
South Carolina
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $122,490
- p25
- $105,560
- p75
- $134,100
- p10
- $77,620
- p90
- $158,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.