State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Virginia
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Virginia, $65,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.8% — not 52%.
Nominal pay gap
+52%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+38.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Virginia
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $65,550
- p25
- $60,120
- p75
- $82,350
- p10
- $49,770
- p90
- $100,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -52%
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.