State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,520. In Pennsylvania, $107,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.9% — not 55.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.2%
District of Columbia vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+37.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $107,920
- p25
- $71,070
- p75
- $212,620
- p10
- $49,300
- p90
- $244,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -2%
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.