State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New York vs Virginia
Middle School Teachers in New York earn a median of $94,840. In Virginia, $63,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 39.9% — not 49.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.3%
New York vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+39.9%
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%
Virginia
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $63,520
- p25
- $59,850
- p75
- $78,440
- p10
- $50,590
- p90
- $99,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
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.