State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Louisiana
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Louisiana, $58,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.2% — not 68.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.4%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+34.2%
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%
Louisiana
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $58,760
- p25
- $48,790
- p75
- $62,310
- p10
- $46,260
- p90
- $78,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +250%
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.