State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Mississippi
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Mississippi, $82,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.8% — not 93.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+93.2%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+51.8%
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%
Mississippi
Education Administrators
- Median
- $82,800
- p25
- $78,350
- p75
- $96,780
- p10
- $65,400
- p90
- $106,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.