State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Colorado vs Texas
Secondary School Teachers in Colorado earn a median of $72,900. In Texas, $63,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 14.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+14.6%
Colorado vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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%
Texas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $63,590
- p25
- $61,390
- p75
- $73,720
- p10
- $50,410
- p90
- $78,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.