State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs Oklahoma
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Oklahoma, $48,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 59.3% — not 95.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+95.8%
New York vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+59.3%
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%
Oklahoma
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $48,440
- p25
- $46,490
- p75
- $59,440
- p10
- $43,400
- p90
- $68,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.