State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Minnesota, $76,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 25.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.5%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-19.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $76,460
- p25
- $60,620
- p75
- $97,400
- p10
- $49,160
- p90
- $121,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
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.