State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs Texas
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In Texas, $63,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.4% — not 52.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+52.6%
New York vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+37.4%
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%
Texas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $63,590
- p25
- $61,390
- p75
- $73,720
- p10
- $50,410
- p90
- $78,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -47%
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.