State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New Jersey vs New York
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In New Jersey, $82,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
New Jersey vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-16%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $82,200
- p25
- $75,790
- p75
- $102,410
- p10
- $63,040
- p90
- $108,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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%
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.