State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Mississippi
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,030. In Mississippi, $75,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.4% — not 69.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+69.5%
Massachusetts vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+39.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $128,030
- p25
- $85,380
- p75
- $163,640
- p10
- $66,120
- p90
- $208,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
Mississippi
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $75,520
- p25
- $60,370
- p75
- $97,590
- p10
- $48,860
- p90
- $143,160
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.