State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs North Dakota
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In North Dakota, $60,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.4% — not 64.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.6%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+32.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
North Dakota
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,100
- p25
- $50,420
- p75
- $62,750
- p10
- $47,090
- p90
- $79,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.