State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Kentucky
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Kentucky, $99,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 60.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.1%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
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%
Kentucky
Education Administrators
- Median
- $99,920
- p25
- $83,770
- p75
- $110,210
- p10
- $75,270
- p90
- $130,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.