State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs North Carolina
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In North Carolina, $54,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.5% — not 81.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+81.4%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+54.5%
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%
North Carolina
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $54,930
- p25
- $47,470
- p75
- $59,730
- p10
- $45,570
- p90
- $62,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -18%
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.