State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: California vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in California earn a median of $128,210. In Tennessee, $81,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.4% — not 57.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.1%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+30.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,210
- p25
- $93,000
- p75
- $171,030
- p10
- $60,850
- p90
- $225,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
Tennessee
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $81,600
- p25
- $64,420
- p75
- $131,950
- p10
- $60,930
- p90
- $166,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.