State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Kansas
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Kansas, $86,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55% — not 90.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+90.4%
California vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+55%
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%
Kansas
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $86,700
- p25
- $60,490
- p75
- $140,740
- p10
- $43,780
- p90
- $218,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.