State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Minnesota
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Minnesota, $103,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.1% — not 59.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.5%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+42.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Minnesota
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $103,510
- p25
- $59,320
- p75
- $168,570
- p10
- $51,970
- p90
- $210,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.