State comparison · 2025
Physician Assistants salary: California vs Wyoming
Physician Assistants in California earn a median of $165,650. In Wyoming, $136,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+1.9%
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%
Wyoming
Physician Assistants
- Median
- $136,080
- p25
- $119,990
- p75
- $158,550
- p10
- $102,320
- p90
- $177,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.