State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: California vs West Virginia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in California earn a median of $165,110. In West Virginia, $60,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 121.4% — not 173.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+173.8%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+121.4%
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%
West Virginia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $60,300
- p25
- $46,960
- p75
- $97,530
- p10
- $25,850
- p90
- $133,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -43%
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.