State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs Tennessee
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Tennessee, $61,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 56.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+56.9%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+33.7%
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%
Tennessee
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,860
- p25
- $52,870
- p75
- $73,740
- p10
- $49,050
- p90
- $79,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -21%
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.