State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs North Carolina
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In North Carolina, $103,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 60%.
Nominal pay gap
+60%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
North Carolina
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $103,220
- p25
- $76,110
- p75
- $181,290
- p10
- $60,110
- p90
- $329,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.