State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs District of Columbia
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In District of Columbia, $137,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 16.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.4%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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%
District of Columbia
Education Administrators
- Median
- $137,470
- p25
- $114,760
- p75
- $166,300
- p10
- $100,350
- p90
- $176,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- 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.