State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Massachusetts, $95,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 7.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.2%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $95,260
- p25
- $77,890
- p75
- $102,530
- p10
- $61,500
- p90
- $122,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -57%
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.