State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Kentucky
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Kentucky, $83,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.8% — not 97.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+97.3%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+60.8%
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%
Kentucky
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $83,680
- p25
- $65,110
- p75
- $137,770
- p10
- $50,590
- p90
- $227,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +80%
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.