State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Missouri
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Missouri, $130,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 26.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.5%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+3.8%
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%
Missouri
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $130,490
- p25
- $80,930
- p75
- $212,880
- p10
- $61,550
- p90
- $282,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.