State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Rhode Island
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Rhode Island, $103,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47% — not 59.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.1%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+47%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $165,110
- p25
- $99,960
- p75
- $357,220
- p10
- $65,510
- p90
- $381,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Rhode Island
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $103,780
- p25
- $78,640
- p75
- $169,590
- p10
- $61,370
- p90
- $213,590
- 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.