State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Vermont
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Vermont, $150,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.6% — not 10.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.1%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-2.6%
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%
Vermont
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $150,490
- p25
- $131,400
- p75
- $166,050
- p10
- $112,460
- p90
- $186,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.