State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Iowa
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Iowa, $60,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.5% — not 64.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.5%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+30.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Iowa
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $60,580
- p25
- $48,620
- p75
- $64,210
- p10
- $47,260
- p90
- $77,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.