State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Arizona vs California
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Arizona, $58,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.7% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.4%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-36.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $58,360
- p25
- $49,670
- p75
- $64,890
- p10
- $46,240
- p90
- $93,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -16%
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
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.