State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Pennsylvania, $118,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 34.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.7%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+18.8%
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%
Pennsylvania
Education Administrators
- Median
- $118,710
- p25
- $98,570
- p75
- $133,380
- p10
- $78,490
- p90
- $161,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.