State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Kentucky
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Kentucky, $61,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.9% — not 61.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.9%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+31.9%
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%
Kentucky
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,120
- p25
- $48,870
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $46,270
- p90
- $79,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.