State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Georgia
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Georgia, $75,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.3%
California vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+16.8%
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%
Georgia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $75,480
- p25
- $60,950
- p75
- $79,240
- p10
- $49,450
- p90
- $96,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.