State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Iowa
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Iowa, $128,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.9% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+1.9%
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%
Iowa
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $128,490
- p25
- $85,520
- p75
- $214,560
- p10
- $62,810
- p90
- $358,550
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
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.