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State comparison · 2025

Secondary School Teachers salary: Nebraska vs New York

Occupation

Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Nebraska, $63,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.7% — not 34.6%.

Nominal pay gap
-34.6%
Nebraska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-21.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities

Nebraska

Secondary School Teachers

Median
$63,450
p25
$60,740
p75
$76,070
p10
$46,870
p90
$78,510
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
90.1
Hiring velocity (180d)
-21%
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New York

Secondary School Teachers

Median
$97,070
p25
$76,050
p75
$131,980
p10
$60,070
p90
$136,450
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
107.9
Hiring velocity (180d)
-36%
See full breakdown for New York

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.