State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Kentucky
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Kentucky, $60,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34% — not 64.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.4%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+34%
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%
Kentucky
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $60,610
- p25
- $48,400
- p75
- $64,570
- p10
- $45,600
- p90
- $79,740
- 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.