State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Arkansas, $59,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 37.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.2%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
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%
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.