State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Alaska vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Alaska, $78,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 16.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.8%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-12.3%
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%
New York
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $94,840
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $124,280
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $137,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.