State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Missouri
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Missouri, $59,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.8% — not 66.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+66.8%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+36.8%
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%
Missouri
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $59,310
- p25
- $47,670
- p75
- $73,640
- p10
- $43,760
- p90
- $91,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.