State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Florida vs North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers in Florida earn a median of $60,410. In North Carolina, $57,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.8%
Florida vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-4.4%
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%
North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $57,650
- p25
- $47,760
- p75
- $60,740
- p10
- $45,430
- p90
- $64,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.