State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Arizona vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Arizona, $56,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.3% — not 44.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.7%
Arizona vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-41.3%
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%
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.