State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Kansas vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Kansas, $59,920. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.7% — not 41.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.6%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-30.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $59,920
- p25
- $49,440
- p75
- $64,160
- p10
- $47,630
- p90
- $76,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -73%
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.