State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Rhode Island, $92,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.1% — not 2.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.2%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-3.1%
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%
Rhode Island
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $92,760
- p25
- $63,160
- p75
- $95,610
- p10
- $46,460
- p90
- $99,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.