State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Nebraska vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Nebraska, $62,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 38.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.8%
Nebraska vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-27.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nebraska
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $62,510
- p25
- $51,310
- p75
- $76,530
- p10
- $38,790
- p90
- $78,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +50%
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.