State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Alabama vs California
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Alabama, $61,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,990
- p25
- $51,240
- p75
- $72,470
- p10
- $48,190
- p90
- $76,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.