State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Oregon
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Oregon, $79,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19% — not 27.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.4%
California vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+19%
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%
Oregon
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,570
- p25
- $61,990
- p75
- $96,140
- p10
- $49,640
- p90
- $101,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.