State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Arizona vs California
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Arizona, $56,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 43.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.2%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-37.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $56,590
- p25
- $47,900
- p75
- $63,440
- p10
- $43,370
- p90
- $79,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.