State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Massachusetts
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Massachusetts, $128,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
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%
Massachusetts
Education Administrators
- Median
- $128,430
- p25
- $103,440
- p75
- $138,380
- p10
- $81,640
- p90
- $166,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.