State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: Alabama vs California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Alabama, $92,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.3% — not 44.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.1%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-30.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $92,310
- p25
- $61,270
- p75
- $128,720
- p10
- $58,540
- p90
- $202,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.