State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Delaware
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Delaware, $77,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
+30%
California vs Delaware
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%
Delaware
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,960
- p25
- $61,690
- p75
- $82,460
- p10
- $51,420
- p90
- $95,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.