State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,520. In Rhode Island, $103,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.3% — not 61.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.4%
District of Columbia vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+50.3%
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
Rhode Island
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $103,780
- p25
- $78,640
- p75
- $169,590
- p10
- $61,370
- p90
- $213,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.