State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Mississippi, $49,790. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.2% — not 51.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-51.4%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-40.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $49,790
- p25
- $47,660
- p75
- $59,490
- p10
- $46,020
- p90
- $62,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +27%
Washington
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $102,350
- p25
- $80,320
- p75
- $115,880
- p10
- $64,610
- p90
- $127,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.