State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Colorado
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Colorado, $136,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.3% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.6%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+12.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $136,930
- p25
- $103,260
- p75
- $218,230
- p10
- $69,890
- p90
- $360,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.