State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: New Mexico vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In New Mexico, $75,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 26.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.3%
New Mexico vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-14.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $75,240
- p25
- $64,080
- p75
- $77,640
- p10
- $61,630
- p90
- $82,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -10%
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.