State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs West Virginia
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In West Virginia, $56,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.8% — not 79.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+79.1%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+44.8%
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%
West Virginia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $56,610
- p25
- $52,200
- p75
- $60,870
- p10
- $48,450
- p90
- $64,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.