State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Hawaii vs Kansas
Preschool Teachers in Hawaii earn a median of $48,780. In Kansas, $47,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 2.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.2%
Hawaii vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
-16.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Hawaii
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $48,780
- p25
- $41,280
- p75
- $58,270
- p10
- $37,160
- p90
- $64,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.0
Kansas
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $47,750
- p25
- $37,450
- p75
- $55,640
- p10
- $27,850
- p90
- $61,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.