State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Massachusetts, $89,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.4% — not 12.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.4%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-11.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $89,450
- p25
- $76,190
- p75
- $100,980
- p10
- $60,590
- p90
- $107,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -14%
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.