State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Colorado
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Colorado, $72,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+39.1%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+29.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Colorado
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $72,900
- p25
- $60,860
- p75
- $83,790
- p10
- $48,970
- p90
- $101,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.