State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Alaska vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Alaska, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.9% — not 22.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.4%
Alaska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $79,650
- p25
- $78,250
- p75
- $97,880
- p10
- $63,360
- p90
- $98,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
Washington
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $81,360
- p75
- $121,100
- p10
- $62,950
- p90
- $128,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.