State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Colorado, $63,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.7% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
-38%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-35.7%
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%
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.