State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs New York
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In New York, $85,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.3% — not 16.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.2%
California vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
+13.3%
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 York
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $85,760
- p25
- $66,100
- p75
- $126,930
- p10
- $56,760
- p90
- $136,260
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.