State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Connecticut
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Connecticut, $93,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.1% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.7%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-1.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Connecticut
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $93,610
- p25
- $65,240
- p75
- $102,380
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $110,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.