State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Maryland
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Maryland, $78,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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%
Maryland
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $78,510
- p25
- $62,660
- p75
- $101,450
- p10
- $59,890
- p90
- $115,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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.