State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs California
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Arkansas, $59,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.3% — not 39.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-23.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $59,570
- p25
- $51,680
- p75
- $61,830
- p10
- $49,780
- p90
- $74,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.