State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Connecticut vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Connecticut, $80,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.5%
Connecticut vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-11.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $80,600
- p25
- $62,630
- p75
- $100,840
- p10
- $58,870
- p90
- $105,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.