State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: New Jersey vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In New Jersey, $82,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 19.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-19.9%
New Jersey vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $82,200
- p25
- $75,790
- p75
- $102,410
- p10
- $63,040
- p90
- $108,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.