State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $167,520. In Tennessee, $98,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.7% — not 69.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.4%
District of Columbia vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+41.7%
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
Tennessee
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
- Median
- $98,870
- p25
- $68,720
- p75
- $131,490
- p10
- $48,030
- p90
- $168,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.