State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Alabama vs California
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Alabama, $61,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 37.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.6%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-22.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,770
- p25
- $49,240
- p75
- $63,760
- p10
- $48,320
- p90
- $74,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.