State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Rhode Island, $92,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.7%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Rhode Island
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $92,760
- p25
- $63,160
- p75
- $95,610
- p10
- $46,460
- p90
- $99,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- 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.