State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Pennsylvania, $78,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.6%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Pennsylvania
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $78,800
- p25
- $61,750
- p75
- $92,980
- p10
- $51,440
- p90
- $102,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.