State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Maryland
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Maryland, $78,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.2% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.9%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+22.2%
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%
Maryland
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $78,670
- p25
- $62,300
- p75
- $98,690
- p10
- $58,150
- p90
- $102,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
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.