State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Tennessee, $60,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.1% — not 56.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.3%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+33.1%
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%
Tennessee
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $60,690
- p25
- $50,780
- p75
- $64,650
- p10
- $48,540
- p90
- $76,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- 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.