State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Maine vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Maine, $63,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.5% — not 33%.
Nominal pay gap
-33%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-25.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $63,590
- p25
- $58,820
- p75
- $75,820
- p10
- $47,640
- p90
- $80,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- 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.