Los Angeles County / Los Angeles General Medical Center / Physician Assistant

Job-title file

Physician Assistant

Diagnose and treat patients, direct clinical care, and supervise other medical staff.

34 employees hold this title in Los Angeles General Medical Center. Median total compensation for the role is $314,282, above the department median of $125,715.

Employees: 34
Total payroll: $9.9M
Role median: $314,282
Agency median: $125,715
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$13,938$344,866+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 34 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Physician Assistant pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 3,890 people — is $161,890. Los Angeles General Medical Center pays a median base salary of $194,249 for this role, 20% above that figure — about the 69th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Los Angeles General Medical Center sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$99,570

$134,550

$161,890

$204,970

$220,580

Los Angeles General Medical Center median · $194,249

The bar is the range of annual wages for Physician Assistants across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Los Angeles General Medical Center’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Physician Assistants — about 162,150 people — is $135,880. Los Angeles General Medical Center’s median base salary is 43% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$99,380

$120,670

$135,880

$163,980

$190,280

Los Angeles General Medical Center median · $194,249

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 33 of 34 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Los Angeles General Medical Center is $314,282, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Compare departments

This role across Los Angeles County

Physician Assistant is held in 6 Los Angeles County departments. In Los Angeles General Medical Center, the median of $314,282 ranks #3 of 6.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$318,184 · 7

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$316,170 · 7

Health Services - Integrated Correctional Health Services

$311,747 · 3

Ambulatory Care Network

$306,630 · 17

Health Services

$270,136 · 1

Median total compensation for the Physician Assistant role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Physician Assistant beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 10 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $312,713 ranks #1 of 10. See Physician Assistant across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Texas

$142,373 · 5

South Carolina

$130,568 · 18

New York Public Authorities

$106,052 · 183

California

$103,256 · 24

City and County of San Francisco

$98,085 · 25

Utah

$79,459 · 24

Cook County, Illinois

$23,194 · 75

City of Philadelphia

$14,446 · 6

Median total compensation for comparable Physician Assistant roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list