State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Michigan
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Michigan, $104,020. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 53.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.8%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+33.6%
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%
Michigan
Education Administrators
- Median
- $104,020
- p25
- $95,110
- p75
- $126,630
- p10
- $77,340
- p90
- $134,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.