State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Oregon vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Oregon, $77,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.6%
Oregon vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-22%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Oregon
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,130
- p25
- $60,020
- p75
- $92,190
- p10
- $48,500
- p90
- $103,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.