State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Arkansas, $52,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31% — not 45.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.4%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-31%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $52,700
- p25
- $50,940
- p75
- $60,750
- p10
- $49,380
- p90
- $63,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.