State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs North Dakota
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In North Dakota, $61,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.8% — not 58.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+58.6%
New York vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+30.8%
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 Dakota
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,210
- p25
- $50,260
- p75
- $74,400
- p10
- $47,630
- p90
- $81,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
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.