State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Alaska vs California
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Alaska, $125,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Education Administrators
- Median
- $125,520
- p25
- $108,710
- p75
- $131,520
- p10
- $102,930
- p90
- $133,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.