State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Illinois vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Illinois, $79,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.1% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.6%
Illinois vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-11.1%
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%
New York
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $76,050
- p75
- $131,980
- p10
- $60,070
- p90
- $136,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -36%
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.