State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs South Carolina
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In South Carolina, $82,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.4% — not 100.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+100.2%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+69.4%
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%
South Carolina
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $82,480
- p25
- $63,830
- p75
- $103,260
- p10
- $59,460
- p90
- $137,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.