State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Iowa vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Iowa, $61,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 40.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.4%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $61,200
- p25
- $49,390
- p75
- $73,970
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $79,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -31%
Washington
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,670
- p25
- $81,360
- p75
- $121,100
- p10
- $62,950
- p90
- $128,410
- 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.