State comparison · 2025
Elementary School Teachers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Elementary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,350. In Pennsylvania, $77,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 24.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.7%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Elementary School Teachers
- Median
- $77,060
- p25
- $61,380
- p75
- $88,660
- p10
- $51,990
- p90
- $99,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.