State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Pennsylvania, $77,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.3%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
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%
Pennsylvania
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,060
- p25
- $61,380
- p75
- $88,660
- p10
- $51,990
- p90
- $99,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- 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.