State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Minnesota
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Minnesota, $76,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 32.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.6%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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%
Minnesota
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $76,460
- p25
- $60,620
- p75
- $97,400
- p10
- $49,160
- p90
- $121,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.