State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Colorado vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Colorado, $72,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 24.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.9%
Colorado vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $72,900
- p25
- $60,860
- p75
- $83,790
- p10
- $48,970
- p90
- $101,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
New York
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $136,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.