State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Virginia
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Virginia, $72,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.3% — not 40.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.5%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+28.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $101,370
- p25
- $79,710
- p75
- $125,920
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $132,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -32%
Virginia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $72,170
- p25
- $60,250
- p75
- $83,820
- p10
- $49,900
- p90
- $107,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -51%
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.