State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Oklahoma, $48,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.6% — not 52.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.9%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-42.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $48,200
- p25
- $46,720
- p75
- $58,260
- p10
- $41,400
- p90
- $61,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -56%
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.