State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,520. In Mississippi, $137,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.4% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
District of Columbia vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
-3.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $167,520
- p25
- $101,730
- p75
- $217,750
- p10
- $66,810
- p90
- $304,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
Mississippi
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $137,220
- p25
- $80,440
- p75
- $273,410
- p10
- $51,030
- p90
- $315,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.