State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: California vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in California earn a median of $128,210. In Mississippi, $75,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 69.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.8%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+33.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,210
- p25
- $93,000
- p75
- $171,030
- p10
- $60,850
- p90
- $225,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Mississippi
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $75,520
- p25
- $60,370
- p75
- $97,590
- p10
- $48,860
- p90
- $143,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.