State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Ohio
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Ohio, $77,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 28.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.8%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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%
Ohio
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,370
- p25
- $59,960
- p75
- $82,720
- p10
- $47,680
- p90
- $99,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.