State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Alabama, $61,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.4%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,380
- p25
- $49,290
- p75
- $64,160
- p10
- $47,750
- p90
- $73,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $96,580
- p25
- $77,950
- p75
- $102,650
- p10
- $63,950
- p90
- $128,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.