State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Alabama vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Alabama, $61,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
-40%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
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%
Washington
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,350
- p25
- $80,320
- p75
- $115,880
- p10
- $64,610
- p90
- $127,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.