State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Mississippi vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Mississippi, $50,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.9% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Mississippi vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-38.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $50,980
- p25
- $47,750
- p75
- $60,360
- p10
- $45,760
- p90
- $62,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.