State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs North Dakota
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In North Dakota, $100,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.7% — not 63.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.9%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+31.7%
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 Dakota
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $100,760
- p25
- $76,380
- p75
- $132,950
- p10
- $63,530
- p90
- $177,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.