State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Tennessee, $98,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.6% — not 67%.
Nominal pay gap
+67%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+38.6%
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%
Tennessee
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $98,870
- p25
- $68,720
- p75
- $131,490
- p10
- $48,030
- p90
- $168,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.