State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs Rhode Island
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Rhode Island, $92,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.6% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.8%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
-0.6%
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%
Rhode Island
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $92,610
- p25
- $66,470
- p75
- $97,230
- p10
- $51,670
- p90
- $100,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.