State comparison · 2025
Secondary School Teachers salary: Rhode Island vs Washington
Secondary School Teachers in Washington earn a median of $102,670. In Rhode Island, $92,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 9.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.8%
Rhode Island vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Rhode Island
Secondary School Teachers
- Median
- $92,610
- p25
- $66,470
- p75
- $97,230
- p10
- $51,670
- p90
- $100,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.