State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Florida vs Texas
Secondary School Teachers in Texas earn a median of $63,590. In Florida, $60,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.8% — not 5%.
Nominal pay gap
-5%
Florida vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
-10.8%
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%
Texas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $63,590
- p25
- $61,390
- p75
- $73,720
- p10
- $50,410
- p90
- $78,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.