State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs Pennsylvania
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Pennsylvania, $77,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.7%
New York vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
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%
Pennsylvania
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $77,930
- p25
- $61,250
- p75
- $96,600
- p10
- $48,610
- p90
- $105,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +700%
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.