State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Michigan
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Michigan, $66,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 53.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.5%
California vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+33.4%
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%
Michigan
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $66,030
- p25
- $57,670
- p75
- $81,230
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $98,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.