RN pay similar to PAs

I've been researching RN and PA jobs, comparing the salaries for the two, and where I live (California) it seems PAs don't make much more than RNs. This is quite discouraging to me. Has anyone noticed this where they live? PAs have way more responsibility and debt than RNs and the nursing path is also much less difficult to pursue. Most pa programs tuition is over 100k.