State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs South Carolina
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In South Carolina, $102,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.2% — not 56.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.1%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+32.2%
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%
South Carolina
Education Administrators
- Median
- $102,440
- p25
- $84,720
- p75
- $122,580
- p10
- $75,810
- p90
- $134,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.