State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: California vs Wisconsin
Middle School Teachers in California earn a median of $98,950. In Wisconsin, $61,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.8% — not 59.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+59.7%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+35.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $98,950
- p25
- $76,270
- p75
- $111,610
- p10
- $62,410
- p90
- $129,500
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Wisconsin
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,960
- p25
- $51,770
- p75
- $76,510
- p10
- $47,870
- p90
- $79,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +37%
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.