State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Minnesota, $62,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.4% — not 38.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.7%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-33.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $62,640
- p25
- $50,480
- p75
- $81,390
- p10
- $47,560
- p90
- $99,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -26%
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.