State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Delaware
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Delaware, $75,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.3% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
California vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+18.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Delaware
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $75,920
- p25
- $60,960
- p75
- $86,260
- p10
- $50,330
- p90
- $94,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.