State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Oklahoma, $48,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.2% — not 52.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.6%
Oklahoma vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-42.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oklahoma
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $48,440
- p25
- $46,490
- p75
- $59,440
- p10
- $43,400
- p90
- $68,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.