State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Colorado, $63,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30% — not 34.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.3%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-30%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $63,410
- p25
- $59,020
- p75
- $80,160
- p10
- $48,410
- p90
- $98,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.