State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Missouri
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Missouri, $100,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 59.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.3%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+30.7%
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%
Missouri
Education Administrators
- Median
- $100,400
- p25
- $80,580
- p75
- $122,810
- p10
- $74,570
- p90
- $133,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.