State comparison · 2025
Preschool Teachers salary: Rhode Island vs Vermont
Preschool Teachers in Vermont earn a median of $49,730. In Rhode Island, $36,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.1% — not 25.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.9%
Rhode Island vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-29.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $36,830
- p25
- $35,900
- p75
- $43,280
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $46,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
Vermont
Preschool Teachers
- Median
- $49,730
- p25
- $44,400
- p75
- $59,440
- p10
- $36,650
- p90
- $66,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.