State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs South Dakota
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In South Dakota, $50,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.8% — not 86%.
Nominal pay gap
+86%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+52.8%
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%
South Dakota
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $50,980
- p25
- $48,030
- p75
- $58,320
- p10
- $47,000
- p90
- $60,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- 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.