State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Ohio
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Ohio, $78,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
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%
Ohio
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $78,800
- p25
- $61,170
- p75
- $97,520
- p10
- $48,370
- p90
- $103,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
- 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.