State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs North Carolina
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In North Carolina, $83,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 63.8% — not 92.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+92.3%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+63.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
North Carolina
Education Administrators
- Median
- $83,180
- p25
- $75,460
- p75
- $102,260
- p10
- $63,240
- p90
- $121,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +800%
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.