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State comparison · 2025

Education Administrators salary: California vs Oklahoma

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Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Oklahoma, $86,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46.4% — not 84.6%.

Nominal pay gap
+84.6%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+46.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

California

Education Administrators

Median
$159,950
p25
$130,110
p75
$169,350
p10
$103,250
p90
$202,380
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
110.7
Hiring velocity (180d)
+200%
See full breakdown for California

Oklahoma

Education Administrators

Median
$86,630
p25
$79,010
p75
$100,980
p10
$62,300
p90
$125,130
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
See full breakdown for Oklahoma

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.