State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Idaho
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Idaho, $101,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.5% — not 58.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.2%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+36.5%
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%
Idaho
Education Administrators
- Median
- $101,090
- p25
- $82,470
- p75
- $118,490
- p10
- $76,290
- p90
- $128,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.