State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs North Dakota
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In North Dakota, $60,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.2% — not 57.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+57.8%
New York vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+30.2%
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 Dakota
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,100
- p25
- $50,420
- p75
- $62,750
- p10
- $47,090
- p90
- $79,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.