State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Maine
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Maine, $64,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37% — not 56.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.2%
California vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+37%
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%
Maine
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $64,880
- p25
- $50,870
- p75
- $79,920
- p10
- $47,520
- p90
- $83,450
- 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.