State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Missouri, $59,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.6% — not 41.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.9%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-31.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $59,310
- p25
- $47,670
- p75
- $73,640
- p10
- $43,760
- p90
- $91,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -23%
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.