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State comparison · 2025

Secondary School Teachers salary: Kansas vs New York

Occupation

Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Kansas, $59,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.1% — not 38.3%.

Nominal pay gap
-38.3%
Kansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Kansas

Secondary School Teachers

Median
$59,920
p25
$49,440
p75
$64,160
p10
$47,630
p90
$76,230
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
-73%
See full breakdown for Kansas

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%
See full breakdown for New York

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.