State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs South Dakota
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In South Dakota, $51,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 56.1% — not 90.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+90.1%
New York vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+56.1%
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 Dakota
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $51,050
- p25
- $48,180
- p75
- $59,500
- p10
- $47,130
- p90
- $62,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -59%
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.