State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Alabama vs California
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Alabama, $97,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-24%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Education Administrators
- Median
- $97,480
- p25
- $82,000
- p75
- $105,450
- p10
- $76,150
- p90
- $123,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.