State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs South Carolina
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In South Carolina, $62,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.1% — not 62%.
Nominal pay gap
+62%
California vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+37.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
South Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $62,580
- p25
- $55,790
- p75
- $76,600
- p10
- $48,740
- p90
- $80,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.