State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Massachusetts, $89,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 10.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+10.6%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+5.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $89,450
- p25
- $76,190
- p75
- $100,980
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $107,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.