State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Hawaii
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Hawaii, $126,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.4% — not 26.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.2%
California vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
+25.4%
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%
Hawaii
Education Administrators
- Median
- $126,760
- p25
- $101,370
- p75
- $132,550
- p10
- $85,880
- p90
- $168,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.