State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Kentucky, $61,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.6%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-22.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,120
- p25
- $48,870
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $46,270
- p90
- $79,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.