State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Arizona vs Vermont
Preschool Teachers in Vermont earn a median of $49,730. In Arizona, $36,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
-27%
Arizona vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $36,300
- p25
- $35,180
- p75
- $38,150
- p10
- $31,760
- p90
- $47,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
Vermont
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $49,730
- p25
- $44,400
- p75
- $59,440
- p10
- $36,650
- p90
- $66,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.