Pay distribution $86,070 10th $120,320 25th $173,880 75th $199,140 90th
Half of Physician Assistants in the Merced metro area earn more than $164,080 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $120,320 and $173,880.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $86,070 $120,320 $164,080 $173,880 $199,140 Hourly $41.38 $57.85 $78.88 $83.60 $95.74
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Merced metro areathis metro area
$164,080 median for Merced metro area; middle half earns $120,320 to $173,880
$165,650 median for California; middle half earns $136,730 to $206,990
$135,880 median for United States; middle half earns $120,670 to $163,980
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −1% vs California overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $98,130 $139,967 $181,803 $223,640 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $98,130 Johnson City, TN — $100,060 Tuscaloosa, AL — $101,120 Jackson, MS — $101,830 Montgomery, AL — $102,040 Morristown, TN — $103,350 Dothan, AL — $103,890 Jackson, TN — $104,600 Mobile, AL — $104,960 Birmingham, AL — $105,440 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $105,920 Sebring, FL — $105,920 El Paso, TX — $107,220 Huntsville, AL — $107,230 Knoxville, TN — $107,980 Hattiesburg, MS — $108,420 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $109,110 Terre Haute, IN — $109,950 Erie, PA — $111,260 Gainesville, GA — $111,440 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $111,810 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $112,230 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $112,610 Burlington, NC — $113,200 Homosassa Springs, FL — $115,530 Columbia, SC — $115,840 Jacksonville, NC — $116,300 Rocky Mount, NC — $116,930 Columbus, GA-AL — $117,030 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $117,240 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $117,490 Jonesboro, AR — $117,660 Springfield, OH — $117,830 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $119,070 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $119,570 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $119,840 Chambersburg, PA — $120,030 Florence, SC — $120,290 Mansfield, OH — $120,290 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $120,540 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $121,540 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $121,600 Wichita, KS — $121,640 Clarksville, TN-KY — $121,710 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $121,900 Spartanburg, SC — $121,990 Albany, GA — $122,170 Rome, GA — $122,440 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $122,670 Hot Springs, AR — $122,720 Lynchburg, VA — $122,800 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $123,110 Altoona, PA — $123,270 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $123,310 Evansville, IN — $123,410 Bloomington, IN — $123,860 Lancaster, PA — $124,070 Laredo, TX — $124,120 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $124,170 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $124,190 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $124,300 Columbus, IN — $124,460 Gettysburg, PA — $124,520 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $124,580 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $124,610 Texarkana, TX-AR — $124,870 Williamsport, PA — $124,920 Paducah, KY-IL — $124,990 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $125,050 Lima, OH — $125,100 Flint, MI — $125,190 Pittsburgh, PA — $125,230 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $125,230 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $125,290 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $125,350 Tallahassee, FL — $125,410 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $125,460 Savannah, GA — $125,500 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $125,690 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $125,700 Ocala, FL — $125,790 Port St. Lucie, FL — $125,930 Dubuque, IA — $126,050 Winchester, VA-WV — $126,080 Monroe, LA — $126,190 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $126,230 Canton-Massillon, OH — $126,290 Lawrence, KS — $126,340 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $126,360 Harrisonburg, VA — $126,400 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $126,430 York-Hanover, PA — $126,530 Charleston, WV — $126,620 Wheeling, WV-OH — $126,770 Richmond, VA — $126,810 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $126,900 Lake Charles, LA — $127,160 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $127,200 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $127,210 Logan, UT-ID — $127,350 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $127,370 Abilene, TX — $127,550 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $127,570 Casper, WY — $127,640 Santa Fe, NM — $127,730 Cheyenne, WY — $127,790 Rockford, IL — $127,800 Punta Gorda, FL — $127,820 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $127,820 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $127,940 Lincoln, NE — $128,050 Morgantown, WV — $128,170 Longview, TX — $128,180 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $128,230 Appleton, WI — $128,270 Goldsboro, NC — $128,370 Niles, MI — $128,480 State College, PA — $128,480 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $128,520 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $128,580 Wichita Falls, TX — $128,780 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $128,870 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $128,920 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $129,050 Gainesville, FL — $129,150 Dover, DE — $129,190 Springfield, MO — $129,270 Odessa, TX — $129,380 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $129,460 Pocatello, ID — $129,480 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $129,620 Bismarck, ND — $129,650 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $129,680 Cedar Rapids, IA — $129,680 Idaho Falls, ID — $129,800 Johnstown, PA — $129,800 Topeka, KS — $129,800 Midland, MI — $129,860 Tucson, AZ — $129,880 Grand Junction, CO — $129,930 Wausau, WI — $129,980 Eau Claire, WI — $130,090 Reading, PA — $130,160 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $130,240 Saginaw, MI — $130,270 Bangor, ME — $130,380 Rochester, NY — $130,430 Jackson, MI — $130,640 Baton Rouge, LA — $130,670 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $130,730 Winston-Salem, NC — $130,730 Rapid City, SD — $130,740 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $130,810 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $130,830 Battle Creek, MI — $130,870 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $130,970 Akron, OH — $130,980 Waco, TX — $131,000 Portland-South Portland, ME — $131,180 Asheville, NC — $131,260 Wilmington, NC — $131,270 Fort Wayne, IN — $131,400 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $131,700 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $131,710 Green Bay, WI — $131,720 Toledo, OH — $131,730 Beckley, WV — $131,750 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $131,770 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $131,830 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $131,870 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $131,930 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $131,950 Columbia, MO — $132,220 Lawton, OK — $132,220 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $132,230 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $132,310 Jacksonville, FL — $132,350 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $132,360 St. Cloud, MN — $132,650 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $132,670 Glens Falls, NY — $132,700 Alexandria, LA — $132,710 Great Falls, MT — $132,740 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $132,880 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $132,920 Amarillo, TX — $132,990 Syracuse, NY — $133,000 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $133,060 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $133,140 Peoria, IL — $133,170 Yuma, AZ — $133,290 Kansas City, MO-KS — $133,350 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $133,450 Tyler, TX — $133,460 Charlottesville, VA — $133,540 Springfield, IL — $133,750 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $133,830 Madison, WI — $133,950 Helena, MT — $134,030 Minot, ND — $134,090 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $134,090 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $134,120 Omaha, NE-IA — $134,130 Traverse City, MI — $134,180 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $134,260 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $134,290 Fayetteville, NC — $134,300 Corpus Christi, TX — $134,360 Sheboygan, WI — $134,360 Tulsa, OK — $134,380 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $134,490 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $134,540 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $134,550 Greeley, CO — $134,550 Lafayette, LA — $134,550 Reno, NV — $134,550 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $134,650 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $134,660 Iowa City, IA — $134,770 Boise City, ID — $134,800 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $134,860 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $134,900 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $134,960 Missoula, MT — $134,990 Twin Falls, ID — $135,010 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $135,040 Carson City, NV — $135,180 Colorado Springs, CO — $135,200 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $135,240 Ann Arbor, MI — $135,310 Jefferson City, MO — $135,340 Flagstaff, AZ — $135,600 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $135,630 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $135,640 Pueblo, CO — $135,640 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $135,790 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $135,790 Kenosha, WI — $135,800 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $135,830 Cleveland, OH — $135,860 Duluth, MN-WI — $135,860 Ogden, UT — $135,930 Roanoke, VA — $135,940 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $135,960 St. Louis, MO-IL — $136,120 Boulder, CO — $136,540 Yakima, WA — $136,570 Fargo, ND-MN — $136,610 Fond du Lac, WI — $136,700 Lexington Park, MD — $136,860 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $137,220 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $137,240 Rochester, MN — $137,340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $137,420 Lubbock, TX — $137,510 Columbus, OH — $137,550 Elmira, NY — $137,550 Pittsfield, MA — $137,620 Lebanon, PA — $137,770 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $137,850 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $138,060 St. George, UT — $138,110 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $138,310 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $138,400 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $138,680 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $138,790 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $138,880 Ithaca, NY — $138,920 Oklahoma City, OK — $138,920 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $139,210 Albuquerque, NM — $139,920 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $139,930 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $139,950 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $140,030 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $140,160 Killeen-Temple, TX — $140,200 Utica-Rome, NY — $140,300 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $141,080 Las Cruces, NM — $141,350 Billings, MT — $141,470 Grand Island, NE — $141,590 Bozeman, MT — $141,800 Mankato, MN — $142,020 Albany, OR — $142,220 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $142,410 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $142,510 Salisbury, MD — $142,580 Farmington, NM — $142,890 Greenville, NC — $142,950 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $143,710 Salem, OR — $144,190 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $145,030 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $145,030 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $145,400 Binghamton, NY — $146,120 Corvallis, OR — $146,710 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $147,570 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $148,200 Bend, OR — $148,610 New Haven, CT — $149,960 Redding, CA — $150,010 Joplin, MO-KS — $150,300 Kingston, NY — $150,470 Grants Pass, OR — $152,350 Anchorage, AK — $152,710 Worcester, MA — $152,860 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $153,280 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $153,810 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $153,940 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $154,230 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $154,610 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $154,760 Medford, OR — $155,110 Fresno, CA — $155,440 El Centro, CA — $156,730 Midland, TX — $158,200 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $158,360 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $159,030 Bellingham, WA — $161,260 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $161,470 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $161,470 Springfield, MA — $161,770 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $161,890 Walla Walla, WA — $161,980 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $162,110 Barnstable Town, MA — $162,330 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $162,790 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $163,560 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $163,810 Merced, CA — $164,080 Chico, CA — $164,780 Fairbanks-College, AK — $164,910 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $165,160 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $165,490 Modesto, CA — $165,730 Visalia, CA — $166,510 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $167,290 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $167,650 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $168,080 Urban Honolulu, HI — $170,060 Salinas, CA — $170,180 Napa, CA — $172,170 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $172,750 Vallejo, CA — $179,520 Yuba City, CA — $183,460 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $184,380 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $198,070 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $223,640 Merced metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Merced metro area has the 19th-highest published median for this occupation among the 348 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for physician assistants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Merced metro areathis page
$164,080 median for Merced metro area; middle half earns $120,320 to $173,880
$223,640 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $167,230 to $250,240
$198,070 median for Bakersfield metro area; middle half earns $156,590 to $219,990
$184,380 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $156,990 to $219,210
$183,460 median for Yuba City metro area; middle half earns $158,510 to $198,930
$179,520 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $149,330 to $219,080
$172,750 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $144,360 to $217,800
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .