State comparison · 2025
Education Administrators salary: Connecticut vs South Carolina
Education Administrators in Connecticut earn a median of $156,240. In South Carolina, $102,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 52.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.5%
Connecticut vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+37.9%
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
South Carolina
Education Administrators
- Median
- $102,440
- p25
- $84,720
- p75
- $122,580
- p10
- $75,810
- p90
- $134,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.