State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Massachusetts, $94,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.1% — not 8.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.2%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-7.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $94,000
- p25
- $76,990
- p75
- $102,180
- p10
- $60,620
- p90
- $118,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.