State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Arizona, $56,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.1% — not 41.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.4%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-36.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $56,590
- p25
- $47,900
- p75
- $63,440
- p10
- $43,370
- p90
- $79,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -42%
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.