State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: California vs Wyoming
Elementary School Teachers in California earn a median of $99,650. In Wyoming, $61,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.5% — not 63%.
Nominal pay gap
+63%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+36.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $99,650
- p25
- $77,140
- p75
- $119,970
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $127,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -35%
Wyoming
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,150
- p25
- $59,310
- p75
- $73,860
- p10
- $51,630
- p90
- $76,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.