State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Nevada
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Nevada, $66,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.8% — not 49.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.2%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+34.8%
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%
Nevada
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $66,300
- p25
- $61,050
- p75
- $79,630
- p10
- $49,610
- p90
- $83,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- 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.