State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Montana vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Montana, $61,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.1%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-26%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,550
- p25
- $47,730
- p75
- $75,900
- p10
- $39,140
- p90
- $80,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.