State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Arkansas vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Arkansas, $59,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.9%
Arkansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $59,660
- p25
- $51,410
- p75
- $62,270
- p10
- $49,430
- p90
- $75,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
Washington
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $81,360
- p75
- $121,100
- p10
- $62,950
- p90
- $128,410
- 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.