State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs California
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Arkansas, $52,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 47.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.1%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $52,700
- p25
- $50,940
- p75
- $60,750
- p10
- $49,380
- p90
- $63,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
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.