State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Missouri vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Missouri, $59,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.3%
Missouri vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-32%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $59,240
- p25
- $47,680
- p75
- $71,000
- p10
- $40,540
- p90
- $79,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -37%
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.