State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Pennsylvania, $78,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.9% — not 23.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.2%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-15.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Pennsylvania
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $78,800
- p25
- $61,750
- p75
- $92,980
- p10
- $51,440
- p90
- $102,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.