State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in California earn a median of $128,210. In Pennsylvania, $97,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 31.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.5%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,210
- p25
- $93,000
- p75
- $171,030
- p10
- $60,850
- p90
- $225,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $97,500
- p25
- $62,140
- p75
- $126,390
- p10
- $37,000
- p90
- $153,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +35%
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.