State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Iowa vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Iowa, $60,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 36.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.3%
Iowa vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,450
- p25
- $47,780
- p75
- $73,900
- p10
- $40,920
- p90
- $79,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -71%
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.