State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Maine vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Maine, $64,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 33.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.2%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $64,880
- p25
- $50,870
- p75
- $79,920
- p10
- $47,520
- p90
- $83,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.