State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Delaware, $75,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.5% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-20.5%
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%
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.