State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Florida vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Florida, $58,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.3% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.3%
Florida vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-40.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $58,940
- p25
- $51,750
- p75
- $63,220
- p10
- $49,310
- p90
- $75,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.