State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Illinois vs Indiana
Secondary School Teachers in Illinois earn a median of $79,990. In Indiana, $61,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.3%
Illinois vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,990
- p25
- $62,330
- p75
- $104,670
- p10
- $49,020
- p90
- $135,960
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
Indiana
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,880
- p25
- $51,580
- p75
- $77,430
- p10
- $48,300
- p90
- $95,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.