State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,030. In Iowa, $89,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-30.1%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $89,510
- p25
- $75,490
- p75
- $121,260
- p10
- $61,450
- p90
- $157,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
Massachusetts
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,030
- p25
- $85,380
- p75
- $163,640
- p10
- $66,120
- p90
- $208,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.