State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,030. In Pennsylvania, $97,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 31.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.3%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $97,500
- p25
- $62,140
- p75
- $126,390
- p10
- $37,000
- p90
- $153,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +35%
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.