State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Maryland
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Maryland, $108,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.8% — not 52.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.7%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+44.8%
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%
Maryland
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $108,160
- p25
- $67,350
- p75
- $183,250
- p10
- $64,970
- p90
- $306,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -8%
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.