State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Kentucky
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Kentucky, $61,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 64.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.7%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+34.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Kentucky
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,560
- p25
- $49,990
- p75
- $75,290
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $83,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.