State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: California vs West Virginia
Education Administrators in California earn a median of $159,950. In West Virginia, $80,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 60.3% — not 98.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+98.3%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+60.3%
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%
West Virginia
Education Administrators
- Median
- $80,650
- p25
- $73,410
- p75
- $92,260
- p10
- $57,740
- p90
- $97,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.