State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Minnesota
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Minnesota, $62,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.7% — not 58%.
Nominal pay gap
+58%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+40.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Minnesota
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $62,640
- p25
- $50,480
- p75
- $81,390
- p10
- $47,560
- p90
- $99,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -26%
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.