State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Florida vs Georgia
Secondary School Teachers in Georgia earn a median of $75,480. In Florida, $60,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Florida vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
-25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $60,410
- p25
- $52,340
- p75
- $64,770
- p10
- $49,210
- p90
- $77,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -63%
Georgia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $75,480
- p25
- $60,950
- p75
- $79,240
- p10
- $49,450
- p90
- $96,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.