State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Mississippi vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Mississippi, $50,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.9% — not 47.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.5%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-34.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $50,980
- p25
- $47,750
- p75
- $60,360
- p10
- $45,760
- p90
- $62,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.