State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Hawaii vs Massachusetts
Preschool Teachers in Hawaii earn a median of $48,780. In Massachusetts, $45,890. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.2% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
Hawaii vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+2.2%
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
Massachusetts
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $45,890
- p25
- $37,820
- p75
- $48,580
- p10
- $35,890
- p90
- $60,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.