State comparison · 2025
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers in Massachusetts earn a median of $128,030. In Tennessee, $81,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 56.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.9%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+36.3%
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%
Tennessee
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
- Median
- $81,600
- p25
- $64,420
- p75
- $131,950
- p10
- $60,930
- p90
- $166,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.