State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Oklahoma vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Oklahoma, $48,710. 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
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $48,710
- p25
- $46,860
- p75
- $59,720
- p10
- $45,150
- p90
- $71,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
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.