Exactly 2,530 of California's 9,480 physician assistant professionals work in Los Angeles. The number of physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles has grown by 113% from 2006 to 2010. As the number of physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles has increased, overall employment in Los Angeles has also increased.

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In Los Angeles, salaries for physician assistant professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $91,540 per year was earned by physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles. The average salary for physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles was $87,250 per year, four years earlier in 2006. The growth in the salary of physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles is slower than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles make a median yearly salary of $90,190. The difference in pay between the physician assistant professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 131%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $58,050 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $133,920 per year.

On average physician assistant professionals in Los Angeles earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Los Angeles.

Many of Los Angeles' physician assistant professionals are graduates of one of the 2 accredited physician assistant schools in the city.

Los Angeles' physician assistant schools offer 2 physician assistant degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 66 students graduated from physician assistant courses.