State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: North Carolina vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In North Carolina, $57,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.3% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-43.8%
North Carolina vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-36.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
North Carolina
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $57,650
- p25
- $47,760
- p75
- $60,740
- p10
- $45,430
- p90
- $64,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -38%
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.