State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In North Carolina, $57,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.2% — not 68.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.4%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+47.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $57,650
- p25
- $47,760
- p75
- $60,740
- p10
- $45,430
- p90
- $64,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.