State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Pennsylvania, $77,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 27%.
Nominal pay gap
+27%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Pennsylvania
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $77,930
- p25
- $61,250
- p75
- $96,600
- p10
- $48,610
- p90
- $105,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +700%
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.