State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Arkansas, $59,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.2% — not 41.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.7%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $59,570
- p25
- $51,680
- p75
- $61,830
- p10
- $49,780
- p90
- $74,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
Washington
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $102,140
- p25
- $81,010
- p75
- $118,740
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $128,170
- 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.