State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Massachusetts, $89,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.8% — not 5.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-5.7%
Massachusetts vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-3.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $89,450
- p25
- $76,190
- p75
- $100,980
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $107,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.