State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Rhode Island, $90,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 9.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.6%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Rhode Island
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $90,930
- p25
- $61,860
- p75
- $96,020
- p10
- $45,070
- p90
- $99,610
- 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.