State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs South Carolina
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In South Carolina, $62,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.7% — not 55.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.1%
New York vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+34.7%
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%
South Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $62,580
- p25
- $55,790
- p75
- $76,600
- p10
- $48,740
- p90
- $80,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.