State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New York vs West Virginia
Secondary School Teachers in New York earn a median of $97,070. In West Virginia, $56,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 71.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.5%
New York vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+42.2%
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%
West Virginia
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $56,610
- p25
- $52,200
- p75
- $60,870
- p10
- $48,450
- p90
- $64,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.