State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Connecticut
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Connecticut, $80,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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%
Connecticut
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $80,970
- p25
- $62,800
- p75
- $101,260
- p10
- $51,710
- p90
- $113,610
- 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.