State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Iowa
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Iowa, $60,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 63.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.7%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+29.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Iowa
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,450
- p25
- $47,780
- p75
- $73,900
- p10
- $40,920
- p90
- $79,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.