State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Kentucky vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Kentucky, $61,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29% — not 40.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.2%
Kentucky vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-29%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $61,120
- p25
- $48,870
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $46,270
- p90
- $79,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.