State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Virginia
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Virginia, $135,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.3% — not 21.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.9%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+11.3%
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%
Virginia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $135,940
- p25
- $120,580
- p75
- $162,790
- p10
- $98,330
- p90
- $213,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.