Ragosa's ex-wife comments how his job change has cost the family $150,000 in income. According to the site Payscale, the average salary for a Physician Assistant (PA) in LA is over $98,000, while the average salary for a healthcare administrator is only $80,000. In all likelihood, he would be making more money, not less. Even if not, he'd eventually make more money as a PA than as an administrator.