State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Alaska vs California
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Alaska, $79,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,260
- p25
- $62,800
- p75
- $97,090
- p10
- $62,140
- p90
- $98,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.