State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Connecticut vs Iowa
Education Administrators in Connecticut earn a median of $156,240. In Iowa, $104,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 49.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.9%
Connecticut vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+27%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Education Administrators
- Median
- $156,240
- p25
- $124,030
- p75
- $171,910
- p10
- $86,840
- p90
- $194,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
Iowa
Education Administrators
- Median
- $104,260
- p25
- $97,830
- p75
- $130,000
- p10
- $77,350
- p90
- $154,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.