State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Kansas, $56,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 34.5% — not 44.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-44.8%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-34.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $56,450
- p25
- $49,090
- p75
- $61,330
- p10
- $47,700
- p90
- $71,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -89%
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.