State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Connecticut vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Connecticut, $80,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.7% — not 21.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.3%
Connecticut vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-18.7%
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
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.