State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Mississippi vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Mississippi, $50,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.6% — not 46.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.4%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-33.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $50,790
- p25
- $47,260
- p75
- $59,340
- p10
- $46,020
- p90
- $60,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.