State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In District of Columbia, $79,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.3% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.8%
District of Columbia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-17.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $79,900
- p25
- $78,130
- p75
- $96,830
- p10
- $59,860
- p90
- $108,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
New York
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $94,840
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $124,280
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $137,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.