State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Missouri vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Missouri, $59,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.7% — not 37.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-37.5%
Missouri vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-25.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $59,310
- p25
- $47,670
- p75
- $73,640
- p10
- $43,760
- p90
- $91,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.