State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Louisiana
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Louisiana, $83,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.9% — not 91.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+91.9%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+52.9%
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%
Louisiana
Education Administrators
- Median
- $83,360
- p25
- $75,740
- p75
- $101,490
- p10
- $63,470
- p90
- $123,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.