State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Nevada
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Nevada, $65,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.8% — not 54.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.7%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+39.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Nevada
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $65,520
- p25
- $54,850
- p75
- $83,190
- p10
- $54,850
- p90
- $83,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +67%
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.