State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Michigan vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Michigan, $66,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.5% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.7%
Michigan vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-28.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Michigan
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $66,030
- p25
- $57,670
- p75
- $81,230
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $98,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.