State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: California vs West Virginia
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in California earn a median of $128,210. In West Virginia, $73,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 73.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+73.5%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+40.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,210
- p25
- $93,000
- p75
- $171,030
- p10
- $60,850
- p90
- $225,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
West Virginia
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $73,880
- p25
- $61,180
- p75
- $94,580
- p10
- $49,880
- p90
- $128,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.