State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Kansas
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Kansas, $100,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.5% — not 59.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.1%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+29.5%
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%
Kansas
Education Administrators
- Median
- $100,530
- p25
- $83,090
- p75
- $107,140
- p10
- $77,520
- p90
- $127,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.