State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Alaska vs California
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Alaska, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,650
- p25
- $78,250
- p75
- $97,880
- p10
- $63,360
- p90
- $98,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.