State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Alabama vs California
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Alabama, $61,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 38.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.4%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,380
- p25
- $49,290
- p75
- $64,160
- p10
- $47,750
- p90
- $73,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.