State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Delaware vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Delaware, $67,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.9% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.6%
Delaware vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $67,780
- p25
- $60,510
- p75
- $81,900
- p10
- $48,310
- p90
- $94,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
Washington
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $102,140
- p25
- $81,010
- p75
- $118,740
- p10
- $65,250
- p90
- $128,170
- 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.