State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs District of Columbia
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In District of Columbia, $82,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 22.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.5%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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%
District of Columbia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $82,750
- p25
- $66,480
- p75
- $102,320
- p10
- $50,750
- p90
- $128,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.