State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Missouri, $50,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.4% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-41.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $50,910
- p25
- $47,200
- p75
- $61,620
- p10
- $39,980
- p90
- $78,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -65%
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.