State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Mississippi, $137,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 20.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.3%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Mississippi
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $137,220
- p25
- $80,440
- p75
- $273,410
- p10
- $51,030
- p90
- $315,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.