State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Kansas
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Kansas, $56,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.7% — not 76.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+76.5%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+43.7%
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%
Kansas
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $56,450
- p25
- $49,090
- p75
- $61,330
- p10
- $47,700
- p90
- $71,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.