State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Missouri vs Vermont
Preschool Teachers in Vermont earn a median of $49,730. In Missouri, $36,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 27.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.4%
Missouri vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $36,090
- p25
- $30,440
- p75
- $44,030
- p10
- $29,030
- p90
- $54,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.