State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Illinois vs Texas
Secondary School Teachers in Illinois earn a median of $79,990. In Texas, $63,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
Illinois vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+22.1%
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%
Texas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $63,590
- p25
- $61,390
- p75
- $73,720
- p10
- $50,410
- p90
- $78,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.