State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Alaska vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Alaska, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-13.5%
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%
New York
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $136,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.