State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs West Virginia
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In West Virginia, $128,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.1% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+4.1%
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%
West Virginia
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $128,610
- p25
- $108,960
- p75
- $148,160
- p10
- $98,200
- p90
- $160,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.