State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Mississippi
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Mississippi, $50,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.1% — not 94.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+94.8%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+53.1%
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%
Mississippi
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $50,790
- p25
- $47,260
- p75
- $59,340
- p10
- $46,020
- p90
- $60,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.