State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs North Carolina
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In North Carolina, $52,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.4% — not 82.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+82.3%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+59.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $52,010
- p25
- $47,050
- p75
- $59,110
- p10
- $44,660
- p90
- $61,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -12%
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.