State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Colorado vs Hawaii
Preschool Teachers in Hawaii earn a median of $48,780. In Colorado, $45,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.5% — not 6.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-6.7%
Colorado vs Hawaii
COL-adjusted gap
-0.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $45,500
- p25
- $38,200
- p75
- $63,160
- p10
- $35,820
- p90
- $84,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
Hawaii
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $48,780
- p25
- $41,280
- p75
- $58,270
- p10
- $37,160
- p90
- $64,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
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.