State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Arkansas, $52,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.6% — not 48.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-48.5%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.6%
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
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.