State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Maryland
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Maryland, $131,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 21.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.6%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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%
Maryland
Education Administrators
- Median
- $131,510
- p25
- $103,570
- p75
- $159,630
- p10
- $81,060
- p90
- $172,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.