State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Maine
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Maine, $102,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.4% — not 55.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.5%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+36.4%
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%
Maine
Education Administrators
- Median
- $102,890
- p25
- $93,080
- p75
- $124,050
- p10
- $79,850
- p90
- $128,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.