State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Alaska, $79,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.9% — not 17.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.9%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,260
- p25
- $62,800
- p75
- $97,090
- p10
- $62,140
- p90
- $98,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.