State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Oklahoma, $76,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 71.3% — not 116%.
Nominal pay gap
+116%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+71.3%
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%
Oklahoma
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $76,450
- p25
- $61,780
- p75
- $114,740
- p10
- $38,300
- p90
- $221,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- 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.