State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs Virginia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In Virginia, $106,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.1% — not 54.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.5%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+41.1%
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%
Virginia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $106,880
- p25
- $69,580
- p75
- $178,530
- p10
- $62,560
- p90
- $312,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.