State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Nebraska vs New York
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Nebraska, $62,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.1%
Nebraska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $62,510
- p25
- $51,310
- p75
- $76,530
- p10
- $38,790
- p90
- $78,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.