State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Colorado vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Colorado, $63,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.6% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.8%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-29.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $63,760
- p25
- $59,760
- p75
- $79,560
- p10
- $49,580
- p90
- $99,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -40%
New York
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $94,840
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $124,280
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $137,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.