State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Iowa
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Iowa, $104,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 53.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.4%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+21.7%
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%
Iowa
Education Administrators
- Median
- $104,260
- p25
- $97,830
- p75
- $130,000
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $154,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.