State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: California vs Wyoming
Secondary School Teachers in California earn a median of $101,370. In Wyoming, $62,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.4% — not 61.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.7%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+35.4%
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%
Wyoming
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $62,690
- p25
- $60,490
- p75
- $74,950
- p10
- $51,440
- p90
- $78,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.