State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Wisconsin
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Wisconsin, $133,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.1% — not 23.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.7%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+5.1%
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%
Wisconsin
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $133,950
- p25
- $125,640
- p75
- $156,800
- p10
- $102,420
- p90
- $169,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.