State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Kansas vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Kansas, $60,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.5% — not 36.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.1%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,580
- p25
- $50,300
- p75
- $64,320
- p10
- $48,290
- p90
- $78,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +20%
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.