State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Alabama vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Alabama, $61,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-22.4%
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%
New York
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $136,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.