Florida Teachers Have the Lowest Average Salary When Adjusted for Cost of Living
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In the 2021–22 school year, the average salary for a K-12 teacher was $66,397. But after adjusting for differences in the cost of living across the country, patterns emerge about where teachers are more highly compensated.
For example, if a teacher in Virginia and Iowa each make around $59,000 per year, that money would go further in Iowa because Virginia has a higher cost of living. If these salaries were adjusted to compensate for the different costs of living, the teacher in Iowa would make closer to $66,000 and the Virginia teacher would make closer to $58,000.
When considering cost of living adjustments, New York and Massachusetts K-12 teachers are compensated more than teachers in the rest of the country. Adjusted teacher pay is the lowest in Florida.
Dataset
State | Average annual salaries |
---|---|
Alabama | 63348 |
Alaska | 70589 |
Arizona | 56430 |
Arkansas | 58680 |
California | 78066 |
Colorado | 56773 |
Connecticut | 79125 |
Delaware | 67208 |
District of Columbia | 74164 |
Florida | 50508 |
Georgia | 63945 |
Hawaii | 59173 |
Idaho | 59092 |
Illinois | 71294 |
Indiana | 58366 |
Iowa | 66164 |
Kansas | 60133 |
Kentucky | 61234 |
Louisiana | 57382 |
Maine | 60446 |
Maryland | 71327 |
Massachusetts | 83434 |
Michigan | 69173 |
Minnesota | 69588 |
Mississippi | 54459 |
Missouri | 57031 |
Montana | 58567 |
Nebraska | 62582 |
Nevada | 60501 |
New Hampshire | 61246 |
New Jersey | 72453 |
New Mexico | 60365 |
New York | 84218 |
North Carolina | 57187 |
North Dakota | 61215 |
Ohio | 68304 |
Oklahoma | 60712 |
Oregon | 67621 |
Pennsylvania | 74969 |
Rhode Island | 75284 |
South Carolina | 56987 |
South Dakota | 55200 |
Tennessee | 59017 |
Texas | 59783 |
Utah | 61970 |
Vermont | 63720 |
Virginia | 58629 |
Washington | 74929 |
West Virginia | 55436 |
Wisconsin | 64762 |
Wyoming | 66530 |
Data sources
Cost of living adjustments made using Regional Price Parities from the Bureau of Economic Analysis