State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Michigan vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Michigan, $66,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
-32%
Michigan vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $66,030
- p25
- $57,670
- p75
- $81,230
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $98,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.