State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
Elementary School Teachers in District of Columbia earn a median of $96,580. In Delaware, $75,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.4% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-13.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $75,920
- p25
- $60,960
- p75
- $86,260
- p10
- $50,330
- p90
- $94,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +200%
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.