State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Delaware
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Delaware, $132,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.5%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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%
Delaware
Education Administrators
- Median
- $132,710
- p25
- $125,720
- p75
- $136,950
- p10
- $101,350
- p90
- $152,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.