State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Pennsylvania, $107,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 53%.
Nominal pay gap
+53%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+34.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $107,920
- p25
- $71,070
- p75
- $212,620
- p10
- $49,300
- p90
- $244,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -2%
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.