State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Rhode Island
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Rhode Island, $119,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 33.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.3%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Education Administrators
- Median
- $159,950
- p25
- $130,110
- p75
- $169,350
- p10
- $103,250
- p90
- $202,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
Rhode Island
Education Administrators
- Median
- $119,980
- p25
- $103,400
- p75
- $129,130
- p10
- $80,530
- p90
- $150,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.