State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: District of Columbia vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In District of Columbia, $79,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
District of Columbia vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $79,900
- p25
- $78,130
- p75
- $96,830
- p10
- $59,860
- p90
- $108,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.