State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Florida vs Illinois
Secondary School Teachers in Illinois earn a median of $79,990. In Florida, $60,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.5%
Florida vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
-27%
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%
Illinois
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,990
- p25
- $62,330
- p75
- $104,670
- p10
- $49,020
- p90
- $135,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.