State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Tennessee
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Tennessee, $61,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 63.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+63.9%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+36%
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%
Tennessee
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,860
- p25
- $52,870
- p75
- $73,740
- p10
- $49,050
- p90
- $79,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.