State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Illinois vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Illinois, $76,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.7%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $76,110
- p25
- $59,440
- p75
- $94,520
- p10
- $47,810
- p90
- $105,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.