State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Colorado vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Colorado, $72,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.3% — not 29%.
Nominal pay gap
-29%
Colorado vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-26.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $72,900
- p25
- $60,860
- p75
- $83,790
- p10
- $48,970
- p90
- $101,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -27%
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.