State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Oregon
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Oregon, $77,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.7% — not 29.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.2%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+20.7%
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%
Oregon
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,130
- p25
- $60,020
- p75
- $92,190
- p10
- $48,500
- p90
- $103,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.