State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Montana
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Montana, $95,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.8% — not 67.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+67.1%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+42.8%
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%
Montana
Education Administrators
- Median
- $95,700
- p25
- $79,800
- p75
- $111,860
- p10
- $63,960
- p90
- $127,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.