State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Kentucky vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Kentucky, $61,560. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.1% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.6%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-24.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,560
- p25
- $49,990
- p75
- $75,290
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $83,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
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%
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.