State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Minnesota
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Minnesota, $76,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 30.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.5%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Minnesota
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $76,350
- p25
- $59,250
- p75
- $91,290
- p10
- $48,870
- p90
- $100,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.