State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Mississippi vs Vermont
Preschool Teachers in Vermont earn a median of $49,730. In Mississippi, $36,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 27.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.1%
Mississippi vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $36,250
- p25
- $23,310
- p75
- $45,020
- p10
- $20,980
- p90
- $53,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
Vermont
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $49,730
- p25
- $44,400
- p75
- $59,440
- p10
- $36,650
- p90
- $66,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.