State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Missouri
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Missouri, $50,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.6% — not 95.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+95.7%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+60.6%
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%
Missouri
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $50,910
- p25
- $47,200
- p75
- $61,620
- p10
- $39,980
- p90
- $78,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.