State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in California earn a median of $128,210. In Rhode Island, $100,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.6% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+17.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,210
- p25
- $93,000
- p75
- $171,030
- p10
- $60,850
- p90
- $225,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Rhode Island
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $100,790
- p25
- $80,720
- p75
- $128,690
- p10
- $60,770
- p90
- $161,420
- 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.