State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Arizona vs California
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Arizona, $59,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 39.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.7%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-33.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $59,710
- p25
- $49,940
- p75
- $65,990
- p10
- $46,940
- p90
- $81,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -20%
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.