State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Kansas vs Vermont
Preschool Teachers in Vermont earn a median of $49,730. In Kansas, $47,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.4% — not 4%.
Nominal pay gap
-4%
Kansas vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+4.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $47,750
- p25
- $37,450
- p75
- $55,640
- p10
- $27,850
- p90
- $61,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Vermont
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $49,730
- p25
- $44,400
- p75
- $59,440
- p10
- $36,650
- p90
- $66,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.