State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Utah
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Utah, $134,740. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 22.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.9%
California vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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%
Utah
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $134,740
- p25
- $123,570
- p75
- $152,480
- p10
- $82,910
- p90
- $171,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.