State comparison · 2025
Middle School Teachers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Middle School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,140. In Rhode Island, $92,760. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 9.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.2%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Middle School Teachers
- Median
- $92,760
- p25
- $63,160
- p75
- $95,610
- p10
- $46,460
- p90
- $99,150
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.