State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In New Mexico, $74,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.2%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $74,550
- p25
- $62,680
- p75
- $78,060
- p10
- $58,120
- p90
- $86,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.