State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Oklahoma
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Oklahoma, $48,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 65.1% — not 108.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+108.1%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+65.1%
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%
Oklahoma
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $48,710
- p25
- $46,860
- p75
- $59,720
- p10
- $45,150
- p90
- $71,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.