State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In District of Columbia, $82,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 14.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.8%
District of Columbia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $82,750
- p25
- $66,480
- p75
- $102,320
- p10
- $50,750
- p90
- $128,170
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
New York
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $136,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.