State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Maine
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Maine, $103,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.5% — not 60.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.2%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+40.5%
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%
Maine
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $103,090
- p25
- $67,340
- p75
- $215,250
- p10
- $57,440
- p90
- $280,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.