State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Florida vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Florida, $58,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.1% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.9%
Florida vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-35.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $58,940
- p25
- $51,750
- p75
- $63,220
- p10
- $49,310
- p90
- $75,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
New York
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $94,840
- p25
- $75,990
- p75
- $124,280
- p10
- $60,040
- p90
- $137,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.