State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Illinois
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Illinois, $92,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.6% — not 77.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+77.8%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+60.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Illinois
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $92,860
- p25
- $63,170
- p75
- $132,950
- p10
- $49,410
- p90
- $214,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.