State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Mississippi
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Mississippi, $49,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 57.3% — not 100.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+100.1%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+57.3%
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%
Mississippi
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $49,790
- p25
- $47,660
- p75
- $59,490
- p10
- $46,020
- p90
- $62,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +27%
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.