State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs New Hampshire
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In New Hampshire, $77,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+23.8%
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%
New Hampshire
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,060
- p25
- $60,860
- p75
- $81,980
- p10
- $48,570
- p90
- $96,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
- 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.