State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Arizona vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Arizona, $59,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.5% — not 37%.
Nominal pay gap
-37%
Arizona vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-32.5%
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%
New York
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $94,840
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $124,280
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $137,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.