State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs New Jersey
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In New Jersey, $78,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 25.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.6%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+23.5%
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%
New Jersey
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $78,770
- p25
- $64,310
- p75
- $98,180
- p10
- $61,450
- p90
- $104,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.