State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Colorado
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Colorado, $110,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.7%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
Colorado
Education Administrators
- Median
- $110,530
- p25
- $101,100
- p75
- $134,770
- p10
- $81,340
- p90
- $160,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.