State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Idaho
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Idaho, $61,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.8% — not 64.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.3%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+41.8%
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%
Idaho
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,690
- p25
- $50,070
- p75
- $78,280
- p10
- $47,950
- p90
- $91,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.