State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: Arizona vs California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Arizona, $99,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.1% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-34.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $99,000
- p25
- $71,230
- p75
- $163,470
- p10
- $61,180
- p90
- $228,280
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -11%
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.