State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Georgia vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Georgia, $64,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 31.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.7%
Georgia vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $64,780
- p25
- $58,830
- p75
- $78,680
- p10
- $47,540
- p90
- $97,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
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.