State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs New Jersey
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In New Jersey, $78,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 27.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.4%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
New Jersey
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $78,200
- p25
- $64,060
- p75
- $98,670
- p10
- $61,840
- p90
- $105,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.