State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In New Jersey, $78,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 23.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.6%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-24.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $78,200
- p25
- $64,060
- p75
- $98,670
- p10
- $61,840
- p90
- $105,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -29%
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.