State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Kansas
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Kansas, $60,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.9% — not 63.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.3%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+32.9%
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%
Kansas
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,580
- p25
- $50,300
- p75
- $64,320
- p10
- $48,290
- p90
- $78,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.