State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Massachusetts, $95,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.7% — not 6.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+1.7%
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%
Massachusetts
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $95,260
- p25
- $77,890
- p75
- $102,530
- p10
- $61,500
- p90
- $122,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.