State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Texas
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Texas, $93,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49.4% — not 70.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+70.3%
California vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+49.4%
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%
Texas
Education Administrators
- Median
- $93,910
- p25
- $80,500
- p75
- $104,370
- p10
- $72,230
- p90
- $128,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.