State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Alaska vs California
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Alaska, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.2%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $78,940
- p25
- $76,170
- p75
- $96,300
- p10
- $62,630
- p90
- $97,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +14%
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.