State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs South Dakota
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In South Dakota, $88,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.8% — not 81%.
Nominal pay gap
+81%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+44.8%
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 Dakota
Education Administrators
- Median
- $88,390
- p25
- $78,940
- p75
- $104,660
- p10
- $74,770
- p90
- $109,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.