State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In North Carolina, $57,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.8% — not 75.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+75.8%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+49.8%
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%
North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $57,650
- p25
- $47,760
- p75
- $60,740
- p10
- $45,430
- p90
- $64,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.