State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Minnesota
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Minnesota, $127,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.9%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
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%
Minnesota
Education Administrators
- Median
- $127,000
- p25
- $100,000
- p75
- $137,720
- p10
- $78,570
- p90
- $166,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.