State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs Virginia
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In Virginia, $106,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.7% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+50.8%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+37.7%
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%
Virginia
Education Administrators
- Median
- $106,100
- p25
- $90,740
- p75
- $134,240
- p10
- $78,300
- p90
- $164,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.