State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Vermont
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Vermont, $107,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36% — not 53.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.6%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+36%
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%
Vermont
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $107,500
- p25
- $65,770
- p75
- $175,330
- p10
- $65,770
- p90
- $323,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -53%
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.