State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: Arkansas vs California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Arkansas, $124,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-3.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $124,890
- p25
- $77,130
- p75
- $394,880
- p10
- $51,480
- p90
- $394,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.