State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Nebraska, $62,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $62,380
- p25
- $51,260
- p75
- $75,750
- p10
- $46,700
- p90
- $78,130
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.