State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs New Jersey
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In New Jersey, $82,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.2% — not 23.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.3%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+21.2%
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 Jersey
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $82,200
- p25
- $75,790
- p75
- $102,410
- p10
- $63,040
- p90
- $108,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.