State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Iowa
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Iowa, $61,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.4% — not 65.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+65.6%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+31.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Iowa
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,200
- p25
- $49,390
- p75
- $73,970
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $79,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.