State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Nebraska
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Nebraska, $62,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.8% — not 58.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.3%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+28.8%
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%
Nebraska
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $62,510
- p25
- $51,310
- p75
- $76,530
- p10
- $38,790
- p90
- $78,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- 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.